"Invincible" starring Brother Yang, a fan group.

"Have you bought all the tickets?"

"Oriental Plaza Pleasant Goat Cinema has all been bought in the last week."

"The Huiqun Plaza store has also been bought."

"The Baotai Plaza store is also done."

……

"That's good, when the time comes, everyone must remember that the theater must not be empty, and the schedule of "Invincible" cannot be given to "Charlotte's Troubles".

"It's necessary, for Brother Yang, fight."

……

A cinema in Shenzhen.

"Manager, the attendance rate of "Invincible" is too low, should we adjust the film schedule again?".

"Although the attendance rate is very low, there are still people who pre-sell, and there is no way to adjust it."

"It's also strange, there are so many people watching such a good show at eight or nine o'clock in the evening, but there are a few people even in the midnight show."

"I always think it's a little strange when you look at it and see if there's any story."

"Okay, I'll let the staff in each office take notice."

……

Glorious Film and Television.

"Mr. He, the attendance rate of our "Charlotte Troubles" is getting better and better, almost full, and we are already firmly in the top spot of this year's Spring Festival stalls."

"How's the performance of 'Invincible?'".

"Hehe, don't mention it, now the box office has fallen to less than two million per day, the attendance rate is less than 20%, and there are even only a few people in some shows."

"How many people? The theater won't give us more films."

"I have negotiated this matter, although the attendance rate of "Invincible" is very low, but in theaters in key cities, there are so many audiences who buy tickets in advance for each show, so theaters can't adjust the film schedule."

"It's weird, you go and find out and see what the situation is."

……

In this weird atmosphere, two days later, "Charlotte's Troubles" continued to be hot, and "Invincible" was defeated repeatedly.

Suddenly, the screen name was "." Netizens broke the news on Guanghui Weibo: I can't stand it, although I like Brother Yang very much, but I also like the Dream Band. Brother Yang's fans' practice of "locking the field" is too disgusting to me!

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and this Weibo was continuously forwarded by more than 100,000 netizens in just one hour.

Then Guanghui Film and Television also reacted quickly, saying on his Weibo: Don't play if you can't afford to lose!

Du Niang also quickly appeared on the "locked" Du Niang Encyclopedia, and under the promotion of the major platforms of the Guanghui Group, the practice of "fans" of "Invincible" quickly spread throughout the Internet.

The so-called lock, which means to book tickets in advance, but only a few tickets are booked, basically a movie hall only buys one ticket, and occupies the position in advance, in order to prevent the reduction of the film schedule, so the attendance rate is very low.

The saying is that fans occupy the pit and don't.

The word lock is believed to be relatively unfamiliar to many non-fandom people.

In fact, in order not to let the theater chain lower the film schedule, fans deliberately buy 1-2 tickets per show, so that the theater has no way to change the film schedule.

Originally, locking up the scene was a relatively niche thing, but this kind of niche event quickly became a scandal in the film circle of the Celestial Empire with the best-selling of "Charlotte's Troubles" and the promotion of the Radiant Group.

Let's think about it, a small one with more than 100 people, and a large theater with hundreds of people sells one or two tickets, how can other theaters make money, and the heating and air conditioning fees are not enough, right?

If it were usual, now the box office of "Charlotte's Troubles" is super hot, and it is difficult to find a ticket, and the audience has a long queue to buy "Charlotte's Troubles", but there is no film scheduled.

The contrast between glorious films and television is the most unpleasant.

And, of course, there are even more unpleasant cinemas.

……

A cinema in the imperial capital.

"Manager, this kind of bigness of the "Invincible" crew is too disgusting, should we simply forcibly remove them from the shelves?".

"Business can't be so hard-hitting, and if there is no reason, we can't stop showing if there is an audience."

"But there are only one or two spectators, and these people are obviously trusting."

"What if it's a trust? People didn't break the law, and they bought tickets normally through Glory Ticketing."

"Is Guanghui ticketing a stone to shoot yourself in the foot? In the past, when there was no online ticket purchase, although there was such a thing as locking, it was much more difficult to operate than now."

"You go and ask Radiant Film and see what they recommend?".

"Okay, I'll ask right away."

……

Radiance Building, Canteen.

"Jiang Hui, how can you say that there is such a person in the entertainment industry, such a disgusting thing can be done", He Ling was eating lunch while angrily talking to Jiang Hui about the lock-up of "Invincible" fans.

"Seeing that "Invincible", which was filmed with an investment of 50 million yuan and was shot by celebrities, was beaten by "Charlotte's Troubles", which invested less than 20 million, Brother Yang's fans overreacted a little, which is normal."

"Hmph, what kind of fans' overreaction? This is definitely planned behind the scenes by the crew of "Invincible".

"What's the matter? The mall is like a battlefield, people can't get it for me, and I don't want you to get it, don't care too much."

"How can you not care, I just can't be angry", He Ling said a little coquettishly: "Do you have any ideas, teach them a lesson for me?"

"The cinema is also very unhappy with this practice, right?", Jiang Hui did not directly answer He Ling's question.

"Of course, blocking people's money is like killing your father."

"That's easy to do", Jiang Hui took a sip of soup and said: "I have an idea, but it's a little lacking in morality, and the movie theater is estimated to be scolded."

"As long as this passive situation can be changed, I think the managers of the cinema should make the right choice between making money and being scolded."

"Oh, then you can let the theaters say that they can't continue to play "Invincible" due to equipment damage, and for audiences who have already booked tickets, they will be refunded in full."

"Huh, can you still do this, it seems to be possible", He Ling said with a cherry mouth.

"It has to be done, how can a man say no".

"Get out, they're getting down to business."

"I'm talking about the right thing."

"Ignore you, I'll call the marketing department immediately and ask the marketing department to take action and communicate with the cinemas as soon as possible."

……

Radiance Ticketing: Dear users, I'm very sorry! Due to the failure of the theater equipment, the "Invincible" you purchased at 19:20 on February 1 cannot be screened for you. The refund has been processed for you, and the arrival time depends on the bank, which is expected to take 1~7 working days, please pay attention to the check. The customer service number 4001234567.

On the same night, a large number of theaters had already refunded all movie tickets ordered through Radiance Ticketing on the grounds of "equipment failure".

Immediately after the refund information was given to various users through the platform of Guanghui Ticketing, this text message also spread quickly on the Internet.

Suddenly, "locking" and "equipment failure" have become the hottest words on Weibo.

(End of chapter)