The time soon came to the beginning of August, and in this month and a half, Wang Yang continued to live in a simple lifestyle, doing movie promotion work every day.

After two months of viral publicity, the effect has reached its peak, and now there is no need for Lionsgate employees to post, and various online forums will continue to increase discussion posts about "Kevin's murder", one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, more and more rumors, more and more varied, "Smart-Ghost Record" The official website of "Ghost Record" was once so blocked that it could not be opened, forcing Lionsgate to change the official website server.

There are also portals that have begun to report on this online miracle, Yahoo's headline is "Paranormal Murder Adapted into a Movie?", however, this news report only clarifies the recent rumor on the Internet, which is only declarative and does not mean to investigate. After all, the viral propaganda technique of "Smart - Ghost Shadow Record", not to mention in the movie, is magnified to the entire history of the Internet, and such a method is also groundbreaking.

So Yahoo's report, Lionsgate and Wang Yang are extremely welcome, this is a free, but very good advertisement!

After the report was released, the traffic on the film's official website surged several times, and posts in various places such as communities and forums began to show a desire to find out whether the whole thing was true or false. When the media begins to seriously investigate the matter, the truth will soon surface, and the audience who learns the truth will lose their curiosity and will naturally not enter the cinema.

As early as a month ago, the film passed the MPAA review, and as expected by Wang Yang, it was divided into a PG-13 grade; a few days ago, Lionsgate also made 25 copies of the film and sent them to 25 movie theaters in five cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Today, it is the first day of the test screening of "Smart-Ghost Shadow", this movie does not promote the director, does not promote the actors, naturally there will be no premiere ceremony, it is a blockbuster to play; The screening time period of the movie is scheduled to start at midnight and end early the next morning, although it is the most suitable time to watch horror movies, but this time is also used to sleep, especially now that it is a summer vacation, fans watch a blockbuster movie at night, they are enjoyable, and the money is spent, and the people who stay to continue watching the midnight show can imagine how many people will have.

It's not a good schedule and screening time, but the market target attracted by this film is clear from the beginning, it is those who are aroused by curiosity on the Internet, and they will make a special trip to the cinema to watch it, regardless of whether the screening time is day or night. So Wang Yang is not too worried about the schedule, he does not rely on those audiences who are unaware in advance and just go to the cinema to watch a movie for entertainment.

Although there is no official premiere of the movie, it does not mean that Wang Yang does not have his own premiere, he is now with Jessica, and the two of them are on the drive to the cinema.

Wang Yang is wearing a brand new set of black clothes today, which looks serious, lining his tall and straight figure, making him look "very good-looking". And Jessica is also dressed very beautifully, with fluttering brown hair and a sweet and charming face, which makes her exude a charming girlish style.

On the Fox car, Jessica looked at the road ahead, holding the steering wheel with both hands; Wang Yang sat in the passenger seat, listening to brisk radio music, and suddenly his mobile phone rang, he pressed the temporary play music button, took out his mobile phone to look at it, and smiled at Jessica next to him: "It was Rachel calling." ”

Jessica quickly turned her head to look at him and said, "Oh, then help me say hello to her." ”

"Hi, Rachel!" Wang Yang nodded and answered the phone, in a happy tone, and said with a smile: "Jessica and I are on our way to the movie theater, Jessica asked me to say hello to you!" As he spoke, he put the phone to Jessica's lips, and Jessica smiled and said, "Hi, Rachel, good evening." ”

"Good evening, Jessica. Rachel's voice over there laughed normally.

After saying hello, Wang Yang put the phone back to his ear, looked at the bright night scene of the city center outside the car window, and said excitedly: "We will soon see "Ghost Record" in the cinema, haha, it's really exciting!"

"Sounds so happy. Rachel responded lightly to Wang Yang's words, and she suddenly asked as if jokingly, "Are you and Jessica the only two to watch?"

"No, haha!" Wang Yang couldn't help but smile and glanced at Jessica, who couldn't hear their call, Jessica smiled and grimaced, "Are you talking about me?" Wang Yang shrugged at her, and explained to Rachel with a smile: "You know, Zachary can't go to the cinema like you, and Joshua went to another cinema to investigate the situation there, so that's it." ”

In fact, Joshua originally wanted to go with them, but his idea was stifled by Jessica in the cradle, and Joshua went to another movie theater. went to see the premiere of his first movie with Wang Yang, and Jessica didn't want to take Joshua's noisy guy with her, just her and Yang. But now that she listened to Wang Yang's words, she was a little depressed in her heart, why did Yang explain these things to Rachel?

On the phone, Rachel suddenly sighed in frustration and said, "Young, I really want to fly to Los Angeles to the movie theater to watch "Ghost Record", but you want me to hide in York University and not show my face, it's really crazy!" She said a little angrily, "God", and she immediately apologized: "Sorry, Young, I just feel very unwilling." The movie I starred in was about to be released, but I couldn't watch it. Seriously, I envy you, it's going to be a very memorable experience. ”

"I'm sorry, Rachel. Wang Yang sincerely apologized, he could hear that Rachel was very unhappy, this was the first time he heard Rachel lose her temper, she was always so elegant, smiling slightly, revealing two sweet dimples, but she would also have tantrums.

In fact, he really wanted Rachel to come to Los Angeles and watch the movie together, but Lionsgate didn't allow it, what if someone in the movie theater recognized Rachel? Wearing sunglasses, hats, and masks? Isn't that more noticeable? In order to ensure that there were no accidents during the film's trial screening stage, Lionsgate still chose to be extremely cautious.

Wang Yang could only smile comfortingly: "But you will definitely see, Rachel, I think Toronto will be screened soon." ”

"No, I'll go to Los Angeles to see it. Rachel's tone calmed down, and she smiled, "Okay, then I won't bother you." I didn't have to watch a movie, so I had to go to sleep, good night!"

"Okay. Good night, Rachel. Wang Yang hung up the phone, sighed slightly, and said helplessly to Jessica next to him: "Rachel is a little unhappy, she has always been looking forward to seeing herself on the big screen, but now ......" He shook his head and couldn't help but sigh with emotion; "If we can watch it together, Rachel and Zachary ...... Everybody's here, you say you're going to be happy, Jessica. ”

"Hmm......" Jessica nodded slightly, of course everyone was happy to go to see it together, but the two of them would also be very happy and happier when they went to see it. She sympathized with Rachel and understood Rachel's chagrin, but she was also happy and excited, and it felt good that she and Jan went to the premiere together to witness an important moment.

She is witnessing Jan's dream journey, when she was a child, she heard Jan say that she wants to be a director when she grows up to make movies, and then after the reunion, she has witnessed Jan go from making up her mind, to writing the script, preparing for filming, starting shooting, seeking distribution, and now the movie is about to be released. She is witnessing every step of the way, and she has seen the difficulties and joys all the way, which makes her feel very happy.

Thinking about this, Jessica couldn't help but glance at Wang Yang next to her, and her heart beat quickly with a little unassuming. He is not at all as naïve as his peers, wise and mature, sticks to his ideals, talented and humorous, and when you compare it to Jack Frank's people, disgusting flattery and showmanship, Jan is so "cool", and he will soon become the youngest film director to be released......

She shook her head, interrupting her train of thought and continuing to concentrate on driving.

The movie theater they went to was the same "Vitai Projector" movie theater they met and reunited that day, which became one of Lionsgate's shortlists because it was located in the center of the city and close to several colleges and universities such as USC, and then Wang Yang chose it as one of the 25 test movie theaters.

After parking the car in the parking lot, Wang Yang and Jessica came to the Weitai Screening Electromechanical Cinema, it was close to 12 o'clock in the morning, although the lights were bright, but in the ticket hall of the cinema, there were not many guests.

On the poster wall of the ticket hall, Jessica was pleasantly surprised to find the figure of "Ghost Shadow" in the corner, and she waved to Wang Yang excitedly, saying, "Yang, come here! Look, the poster of "Ghost Record"!"

"Wow! Really?" Wang Yang hurriedly ran over, and sure enough, he saw the poster of "Ghost Shadow" on the wall, the poster was designed very simply, in the middle was a picture of a dark bedroom, which was the bedroom of his apartment, and the poster was black above and below, with some advertising words written "Do you know what happened when you slept?", "Possessed evil spirit murder case, don't look at it for too long!", and there is the Lionsgate logo, etc., there is no information about the producer, director, and actors.

"Great......" Wang Yang stretched out his hand and gently stroked the poster on the wall. Jessica looked at him with a smile in her eyes.

Although the poster was only posted in a corner with a small cost, Wang Yang was still so excited that he almost trembled, and his movie poster was pasted on the poster wall of the movie theater! He clenched his fist and smiled at Jessica: "Let's go, let's go in!" Jessica nodded.

"Hello, we want two tickets for "Clever - Ghost Shadows"!" At a glass ticket counter, Wang Yang smiled very well, he looked at the middle-aged white fat conductor looking for tickets, he took the opportunity to ask: "Hey, man, how are the ticket sales of this movie?

The fat conductor took out two movie tickets in a dead manner, handed them to Wang Yang, and said lazily: "Oh, this movie? Don't worry, young man, the seats inside are empty." He looked at Jessica, his eyes lit up suddenly, he came to his senses, winked at Wang Yang and smiled: "You are really a lucky guy." Remember, don't make that much noise. ”

Wang Yang and Jessica were stunned, Jessica walked away embarrassed and angry, Wang Yang rolled his eyes at the conductor, was speechless and didn't want to explain anything, paid for two tickets for $12, and walked with Jessica to the No. 2 movie hall.

In the dark movie hall, there were really not many people, empty, only a few spectators. Although there are still more than ten minutes before the start time of the movie, the ticket sales of this time are obviously not very good.

"Young, it's nothing, there are twenty-five movie theaters, maybe it's just a little deserted. The two stood at the top of the movie hall, and Jessica comforted Wang Yang.

Wang Yang gave her a "don't worry" look and said, "I'm fine, Jessica, don't worry about me." In fact, I expected this to happen. As long as someone comes to see it, the important thing is that they leave the cinema and will recommend their friends to come and see it, which is the most important thing. He smiled and shrugged his shoulders and said, "You know, there always needs to be the first person to eat crabs, and they eat crabs, and others know that crabs are delicious." As long as this movie scares them, the more they are scared to death, the more they will encourage their families and good friends to watch it. People are like that, they are scared themselves, and they want others to be scared too, and then they will make fun of those people, look at you, you are so pitiful!"

And this is also viral marketing that has left the Internet, whether it can have this effect depends on whether the movie can scare these first audiences.

Jessica nodded, she was also frightened when she first saw it, and then, as Jan said, she was full of hope to see Erin and other good friends scared silly. She smiled and glanced around at the scattered audience in the seats below, and said, "Well, I think they must be scared!"

The movie theater, which can seat nearly 500 people, is very empty, and the seats are on a first-come, first-served basis, so the two of them have a lot of choices, they still sit in the same position as when they reunited last time, leaning on the back of the chair, Wang Yang asked Jessica with interest: "Hey, I think of that day, such a big movie hall, we actually sat together, wow, it's amazing! Jessica, why are you sitting here?"

Jessica shook her head at him and smiled: "I don't know, it's a movie-watching habit of mine, I like to sit in this position when I go to the cinema." Wang Yang cocked his thumb and praised: "Good habit, this is the best place to watch movies!" Jessica nodded: "I think so too." ”

In fact, there are some things that the two of them have forgotten, for example, Wang Yang once said to Jessica when he was a child, "Do you know where the best location in the movie theater is......?"

The two chatted for a while, and soon it was the start time of the 12 o'clock midnight show, and there were not many new audiences in the movie hall, and there were still sporadic people, and less than 10% of the audience was seated.

At this time, the movie hall was very quiet, the audience looked at the big screen in front of them, only to see the Lionsgate logo on the screen, a few seconds later, the big screen became dark, and then Kevin played by Zachary appeared, he took a selfie at the camera, and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, I'm Kevin! This is our new home!" The movie was not re-edited, and the version screened was the version that Wang Yang took to seek release.

On the screen, Kevin walks around the apartment with a DV camera in one hand, patting the kitchen, bedroom and other places of his and Meier's new home, introducing it in a cheerful tone.

"Oh ......!" In the dark movie hall, the audience suddenly let out a low exclamation, "frightened" by the strong shaking camera of Kevin Apartment, and the poor picture quality taken by the DV camera on the big screen could not be saved, and when the camera was shaking, the screen was blurred everywhere.

Wang Yang was suddenly a little nervous in his heart, would these limited audience members accept the panning of the camera and the rough picture quality? He vaguely heard a man's voice in the back two or three rows of the audience saying, "Jesus, is anyone crazy? Oh, is this a movie? Oh my God, how can this be ......like this?" Then he heard someone say, "Man, don't you know? This is a real DVD clip, this Kevin is actually dead......

The movie continued, and after more than 30 minutes, Wang Yang let go of his nervousness and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and no one left the table! The first half hour was a level for the movie, and the audience watched it for more than half an hour, and he would usually watch it until the end of the movie. The audience in the movie hall is indeed more and more engaged, and even the small discussions in the back audience are gone, only occasionally, some heavy breathing and exclamations will be heard.

Wang Yang looked around, suppressed his voice and smiled at Jessica next to him: "Hey, it seems to be pretty good!" Jessica also looked happy and said, "Well, the show is ahead, they will be scared." ”

Later in the movie, the horrors become more and more terrifying, and the audience sees Rachel's crazy performance in front of the mirror, their scalps tingle, and their hearts are almost suffocated by the ghost images flashing on the TV screen in the hall. These psychological horror techniques have succeeded in making them scare themselves, and the spiritual strings are tightened more and more, to the point of collapse.

Soon, the movie came to the end stage, listening to Kevin's screams, one by one more desolate and powerless, looking at the empty bedroom, the entire movie theater sounded "Oh my God" one after another, some of the audience held their heads, some subconsciously shrank their bodies, Kevin's screams made them chill in their hearts, goosebumps all over their bodies, and even their bodies trembled slightly uncontrollably.

The most terrifying part of the "Stepping on the ......" movie is coming, listening to the footsteps in the corridor, all the audience held their breath, Wang Yang was also nervous again, whether they could scare them and succeed, it depended on this one......

The footsteps stopped, and after a few seconds, Kevin was suddenly thrown in!

"Ah!!h The audience screamed uncontrollably, and some cried out, "Help, help!"

Wang Yang looked at them, listened to these screams, his fists clenched, his eyes moistened, wasn't this the dream he was pursuing? Let people go crazy for his films, he did it, look at these frightened audiences, he did it! He succeeded!

"Jan, I'm so proud of you. Jessica next to her said softly to Wang Yang, she took out a tissue, handed it to Wang Yang, smiled, and said what Wang Yang said on the day of the reunion: "Maybe you need this." ”

"Thank you, is this something back for me?" Wang Yang smiled and took the tissue, wiped the corners of his eyes, and pressed his sour nose again. He looked at the still frightened audience around him, smiled and exclaimed, "Jessica, I'm just so happy." I just was like, 'Wow, that's great!', and you look at them, and with their screams, I feel like it's all worth it. What did you endure with all those grievances and frustrations before? Look at the present, it's great!"

Jessica said softly, "I know, Jan, I know. She thought about what Wang Yang had come to this way, and she also felt a lot of emotion, looked at Wang Yang and said, "Yang, this is what you have been pursuing since childhood." ”

"Yes!" Wang Yang stretched out his hands, as if hugging the entire movie theater, and he smiled and sighed: "I found it." ”