Tessa Briden's footsteps couldn't help but pause, looked left and right, and was very sure that this was Lincoln Center, this was the world-famous Juilliard School, this kind of landmark building, how could she find the wrong thing? However, after determining the location, the question marks on her head were not answered, but she became even more confused, and took two steps forward again, looking at the bustling and boiling crowd of people in the square, and suddenly had the illusion of going to the wrong venue.

Every corner of the line of sight is filled with people, even the crowd is not enough to describe the visual shock, as if there are not only two thousand, three thousand people, even if it is said that tens of thousands of people have gathered, Tessa is willing to believe that the whole square is shoulder to shoulder, people gather in twos and threes, eyebrows fluttering, excitement is unusually high, the excitement in the expression is difficult to hide, so that the air begins to boil.

It's already December, and the cold weather in New York has begun to take hold, standing on the square without the shelter of towering buildings on all sides, the cold wind, the hazy sky and the sub-zero temperature, even the down coat can't stop the invasion of the cold wave, and it seems that staying outdoors for an extra second is an ordeal.

However, in the square at the entrance of Lincoln Center, the cold seemed to have lost its meaning, the heat in the mouth, the excitement between the eyebrows, and the excitement hidden in the dancing movements made the low temperature bearable, and even the snowflakes of rice grains fluttering in the sky added a little romance to the afternoon.

Tessa stared wide-eyed, still unable to believe that it was really happening.

Today is the day of the premiere of "Me Against Cancer". Lionsgate didn't plan a grand premiere, but instead arranged a small, ingenious premiere in the style of the city.

The premiere was scheduled in the Alice Tully Room at Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center is one of the most important artistic coordinates in New York, with more than 70 art museums here, as well as the most important classical music recital hall in New York, which is the largest art venue in the world, and is even called "the world center of classical music" by industry insiders.

The Juilliard School is also located here, and the Alice Tully Hall is the school's internal performance hall. Not only is it the official venue for chamber recitals at Lincoln Center, but it is also the venue for the annual New York Film Festival, and the Academy's students perform here all year round.

Alice Tully Hall is a small concert space, with only one thousand and ninety-five seats, making it the smallest recital hall in the entire Lincoln Center. For the New York Film Festival, however, it's the main venue every year, and fans from all over the world are welcome to join the festival.

Overall, Alice Tully Hall is unique in its artistic atmosphere, classical atmosphere, and academic quality. The lack of seating advantages over Hollywood's famous premiere venues such as the Chinese Theatre and the Kodak Theatre, and the fact that it is far less commercially visible, combined with Lincoln Center's strict control of premieres – for example, no large booths, and the multiple controls required to control media entry – make Alice Tully Hall a very special venue for premieres.

First of all, the films with premieres are all commercial works, which is the premise, and secondly, the works that choose to premiere here are often more literary and critical.

Although there is no definite news, rumor has it that Lionsgate released only 500 tickets for the premiere. Again, it sends a message: it's a mini-premiere.

But this is not the case in front of Tessa's eyes, her footsteps are walking through the crowd, looking for a gathering place for the fan base. The premiere officially started at 5 p.m., and they made an appointment to meet at 12 p.m., and Tessa arrived at the scene at 11:20 p.m., only to see such a scene, and she was a little confused.

After wandering around the crowd for about thirty minutes, Tessa was almost dizzy - there are really too many people here! Finally, it was Taryn Johansen, whom she had met at the Toronto Film Festival, who saw her and called her several times, which allowed her to find the organization.

William Taylor, Graham Hughes, Hope Baez, Chanel Laurent...... These friends, who are strange or familiar, gathered at Lincoln Center in New York because of the same man. It's December, and it's the most nervous time at the end of the semester, and I can't leave at all, but everyone is worried that the premiere of "I Fight Cancer" is not popular, so they are collectively invited to come to New York to spend a weekend, to cheer for Lan Li, and to watch this movie for the first time.

"Jesus Christ, who was the first to say that no one might come to the premiere?" was Tessa's first reaction.

"yes, yes, we were talking about it just now. Hope's eyes widened and he discussed excitedly, "We were horrified when we got here. What the hell is going on? Why are so many people coming? We just looked, there are at least 2,500 people, there must be! And it's still coming, it's not even twelve o'clock, it's crazy!"

"I even wonder if we're in the wrong place?" William's exclamation immediately made Tessa jump, "That's it, that's what I just thought!" Everyone around laughed.

"I went to the door of the theater to make sure, yes, that's where we're going. Graham said loudly, giving confirmation, everyone in sight was full of excitement, even Graham's voice was raised an octave, and the gestures of speaking increased, and the mood began to fly inexplicably.

Tessa's gaze was still inseparable from the dense crowd around her, to be precise, her eyes were crammed to the brim, "Does anyone know what the hell is going on? Why is there suddenly so many people at today's premiere? I didn't exaggerate it when I watched 'Fast & Thrill'." Tessa was still full of question marks, "Or is there any show at Lincoln Center tonight? The dates overlapped, so there were so many people?"

If it's a night at a major show at Lincoln Center, then 3,000, 4,000 people are perfectly normal.

"I just asked around, and most of them came because of 'love is crazy', and all of them were extremely fanatical, as if they were really crazy. "Tall, slender and slender, Chanel easily catches the eye just by standing next to him," I learned yesterday when I was flipping through 'The New Yorker' that 'Love Crazy' still has a high attendance rate in New York, and the New Yorker seems to be particularly fond of the work. ”

It's not an unexpected answer," and then there's a small group of people who came over because of Lan Li's album. I don't know what kind of record 'Don Quixote' seems to have set. Chanel said vaguely, not explaining clearly, and simply pointed in the direction, "There is a large group of people there, they are not here for the premiere of the movie, they say, they just want to express their support and gratitude to Lan Li." They also prepared posters, banners, and cheering signs, which I think are much more comprehensive than we do. ”

"Really?" Hope's eyes lit up immediately, "then let's go over and have a look." William, let's go over together and have a good exchange. Let's see if there can be more cooperation in the future!"

They now have fan groups in the Yahoo community and Facebook, at first just to give Lanli movie lovers a platform to communicate, but after experiencing the negative press during the filming of "Fighting Cancer" at the beginning of the year, the group's positioning has gradually changed slightly, and it is more like a fan group than enthusiasts, cheering for Lanli.

Hope was one of the group's administrators, and this time he came to New York to attend the premiere, which was organized by Hope, and invited 500 group members to gather at Lincoln Center. However, the actual situation on the scene was far beyond their expectations, and the number of 500 seemed to be just a small corner.

After Hope and William left, Tessa rubbed her hands, "Tell me, how are we going to support later?" This is our first official event, and to be honest, I'm a little excited!"

"Come on, we've prepared some slogans, hoping to surprise Lan Li!" Graham beckoned Tessa, turned around, and introduced Tessa to the rest of the fan group, and the atmosphere became lively again.

The sun was slowly setting in the west over the city, and the crowds above the square at the entrance of Lincoln Center continued to grow, and the square, which was already extremely crowded at noon, was already flooded when the premiere approached, with heads against heads and bodies hitting bodies, as if not even a fly could fly in.

Not to mention the audience, even the well-informed reporters were completely shocked. If it weren't for the fact that the reporters had a special area for interviews, it would have been impossible for them to establish themselves here, because most of the reporters arrived after four o'clock to prepare for the premiere, which was already the scene in the square at that time.

According to incomplete statistics, more than 5,000 people gathered at the scene! Even for summer blockbusters, the premiere has not been on such a scale, unless it is a series of fan movies such as "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter", which completely detonate the enthusiasm of fanatical fans. But now, on top of the premiere of a small-budget independent film?

It's absolutely fantastical, but it's playing out in reality.

Lionsgate started with a small premiere, but it turned out to be the biggest premiere of 2011, with no one else to beat the simultaneous world premieres of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 and Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1!

But that's just the beginning.