It's March 20th, and for many, it's just an ordinary Friday, but for John, it's a day he'll never forget. Because this day is the day when "Stealing Love" was screened.

Without a grand press conference, no red carpet, no stars, no media flash, John's first film was quietly released in 30 theaters in 10 cities in the United States.

After dinner, John, Peggy Rockefeller and Dani went to a theater in downtown Los Angeles, where they sat in the lounge area of the theater and waited for the movie to open after purchasing three tickets for "Stealing Love."

Peggy Rockefeller is a very good friend, and in order to support John's field, he specially flew from Long Island, New York to Los Angeles, and accompanied John through important moments in his life.

"Aren't there all the grand ceremonies when movies premiere? Aren't all those stars going to wear gorgeous costumes and walk the red carpet?" Peggy Rockefeller's impression of movie premieres comes mostly from TV broadcasts.

Listening to Peggy Rockefeller's words, John smiled, people like Peggy Rockefeller, every day is to study, graduation is work, and occasionally there is a day off to party with friends or vacation, so they will never go to the theater to watch a movie. Except, of course, Peggy Rockefeller's sister, the off-the-beaten-path Ariana Rockefeller.

This is not to say that they can't watch movies, but big families like Morgan and Rockefeller don't go to the theater, and they naturally call to watch movies and ask the theater to send copies to their homes to be screened, so John has been watching movies at home since he was a child.

"Peggy!" John looked at Peggy Rockefeller, ready to educate his friend about the movie before it even started.

"The broadcast of a film is divided into internal screening, test screening, on-demand screening, premiere, public screening and midnight screening.

As the name suggests, internal screening is an internal screening, which is a screening hosted by investors, producers and distributors, mainly to review whether the finished film needs to be modified, and to plan the later distribution according to the performance of the film.

The test screening is a small-scale screening, which mainly invites some film critics, media and general audiences to watch, collect various data of the film, and make reference for publicity.

On-demand screenings are for some high-risk films, or small-budget, B-class films, which are screened in individual theaters in individual cities, mainly to collect the film's word-of-mouth and test market reaction.

As for the premiere, it is a warm-up for the public screening, and in order to attract attention, the organizer will generally invite famous directors, superstars and media to participate, so there will be competition on the red carpet.

And the public screening is a large-scale official screening. It is divided into two types: domestic release and global release, and of course, those that can achieve global release are also heavyweight movies.

The last kind of midnight screening is after 12 o'clock in the morning on the release day, and the midnight screenings are generally high-profile or commercial blockbuster films. John explained the various screenings of the film in one go.

And Peggy Rockefeller immediately asked after listening to John's commentary: "Then the screening where I saw the stars walking the red carpet on TV was the movie premiere, right?"

John nodded. "Yes!"

"I see...... "Peggy Rockefeller felt like a mountain, she didn't expect that there would be so many doorways for a movie to be screened. At the same time, she also understands why John's film has no red carpet stars.

"John, I'm sure your next movie will have a lavish premiere. "Peggy Rockefeller wanted to comfort her friend.

"If there's a premiere, I'll invite you then. John naturally understood Peggy Rockefeller's thoughts.

"Okay, I'll be going to come to your premiere in a sleek dress. ”

Just when Peggy Rockefeller made a promise, the screening of "Stealing Love" finally began. Due to the publicity of the New Line Film Company and John's frantic intervention, there were more than 30 audiences in the screening hall with more than 200 seats, such an attendance rate is a prelude to hitting the street for some commercial blockbusters, but for a film where the actor is not famous and the director is even less famous, this attendance rate is not bad.

Just as John and his party were sitting in the screening hall waiting for the movie to play, thousands of miles away in New York, the screening of "Stealing Love" also began to enter the three theaters under AMC.

"Hugo, why are you Hugo? What a coincidence! I knew we were here. Angela looked at her neighbor Eve Hugo in surprise.

Eve Hugo was also a little surprised. "Angela, why are you here?"

When Eve Hugo went to AT&T some time ago to pay her phone bill, she heard a piece of music she liked in the business hall, so she saved $200 to get a movie soundtrack, and when she got home to play it, she fell in love with the songs in the soundtrack. And just a few days ago, she received a return call from AT&T and knew the screening date of "Stealing Love", so she decided to come to the theater to see a movie with so many good music, it must be worth watching.

"AT&T called to tell me. Hearing Eve Hugo's inquiry, Angela replied.

"You're participating in the AT&T $200 pre-deposit to give away the soundtrack?" said Eve Hugo, sitting down next to Angela.

Angela, on the other hand, looked at Eve Hugo and said, "You won't participate too, will you?"

As soon as Angela's words fell, the two looked at each other and instantly understood the answer, and then laughed.

"Hugo, which song do you like in the soundtrack?" said Angela, looking at Eve Hugo expectantly.

"I love Tido's 'Thank you, what about you?' Eve Hugo asked rhetorically.

"Oh my......" Angela's eyes lit up. "I also love 'Thank you' by Tido. It was precisely because of this song that Angela decided to come to the theater to watch "Stealing Love".

Just as Eve Hugo and Angela were chatting passionately, the big screen in the screening room lit up.

"It's on!" Eve Hugo pointed to the movie screen.

The first thing that appeared on the big screen was naturally the logo of the new line of the distribution company, followed by the logo of the producer Crown Studios--- a crown that came from the sky and was surrounded by stars.

Just when Eve Hugo thought that the subtitles of the creator who were following the factory logo must be smelly and long, the sound in the screening room sounded a burst of cheerful music without warning.

Everybody get up

Everybody get up

Hey hey hey

Hey hey hey……

This music is very familiar to Eve Hugo, "Blurred Lines" sung by Pharrell Williams and JAY-Z.

As the music plays, the Brooklyn Bridge appears on the big screen, followed by the Petronas Twin Towers, the Empire State Building, and finally Rockefeller Center.

As for the stinky and long subtitles of the main creator, they are narrowed to the corners of the screen, which is difficult to notice.

"It's kind of interesting!"

As a professional film critic, Jonathan Rosenbaum naturally looks at the film from a different angle than the average audience. The general audience is more immersed in the music or the panoramic scenery of New York, while he pays attention to the subtitles of the main creators who are several times smaller.

The director's union has strict rules for the opening of a movie, that is, the main creators of the film must be introduced at the beginning of the movie, which is a mandatory requirement that you must abide by whether you are a rookie director or a giant director.

Of course, if you don't want to comply, you can choose to quit the directors' union, and naturally ignore this rule.

The great director George Lucas got one of them, and he quit the directors' guild directly for the opening of "Star Wars".