Cheng Xiaoyu originally wanted to make this movie on April Fool's Day, which was a joke with the world, but because he was worried that the popularity of supernatural events would not last so long, it could only be released at the end of February. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because it is a "pseudo-documentary", no premiere was held, only the address of the theater where the screening was released on the official website of "Xichu" and "Whispers", and the first show will be on February 23, that is, at 0:00 on Sunday, which can also be said to be the earliest time on Monday.

There are five AMC movie theaters in Los Angeles that will show this "pseudo-documentary" called "Midnight Bells: The Ghost Shadow", but the poster was hung up early on, with a dark canopy in the background, which is a somewhat old Cecil Hotel, all the lights are off, and only the lights are on in the middle of the 12th floor B.

If you look closely, you can see a black silhouette on the window, and the weirdness of this photo is that it makes people feel that the shadow will break out of the window at any time.

At the bottom of the poster is a row of black text, listing the murders that occurred at the Cecil Hotel, and then the bottom row of blood-red text is "Revealing the mystery of the frequent murders of the Cecil Hotel", which belongs to the typical routine of "Into Science", according to Cheng Xiaoyu's words, although the routine is old, it works.

Charlize Theron wore a mask to one of AMC's movie theaters where "Midnight Bells" was going to be screened, and it was the first time she had been so nervous, and although she didn't have a premiere because of the suspense, she was dressed much more solemnly than usual - it was her one-man premiere.

Although the movie starring him is finally about to be released, Charlize Theron does not think that this small-scale film with no director's signature can be much of a success.

Even Charlize Theron felt that Cheng Xiaoyu's "Xichu" did not take this matter to heart, because except for Cheng Xiaoyu's continuous release of some supernatural videos on "Whispering" and his own experience of watching "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow", there was no other publicity.

It didn't even hold a film critics' test screening, Cheng Xiaoyu's response was a "documentary", what kind of film critics' test screening?

This is understandable by Charlize Theron, because Cheng Xiaoyu has always been difficult to deal with film critics.

In fact, Charlize Theron's mentality is still very low, for her, the successful release of the movie she starred in is an extremely exciting beginning, not only that, but she also received the first salary in her life, 50,000 US dollars.

Three days of performance, 50,000 US dollars, Charlize Theron could not be more satisfied, which means that she can not work, two years without worrying about food and clothing, at this time Charlize Theron stood in front of this huge horror poster, but the mood was very happy, a little regrettable that as the star, his name could not appear on the poster.

Charlize Theron paused in front of the poster for a moment, then walked towards the ticket office, when she lined up to buy tickets, she found that there were not many people, and she was a little disappointed, but she thought that she came at half past nine, and she had to wait for two and a half hours, and it was normal for no one to line up at this time.

Charlize Theron stood quietly in the middle of the line of only four or five people, and whenever one person asked, she secretly said in her heart: "To buy a ticket for "Midnight Bells: The Ghost Record", you must buy "Midnight Bells: The Ghost Record". ”

It's a pity that God didn't hear her prayers, and the two people in front of her chose the nearest movie, one couple chose "Little Things in the Big City", and the other couple chose "Death is Coming".

Charlize Theron looked up at the schedule of "The Grim Reaper", and made her jealous, she hoped that the schedule of "Midnight Bells: The Ghost Shadow" would be half of "The Grim Reaper" tomorrow, but she also knew that she was whimsical.

When it was Charlize Theron's turn to buy tickets, with the idea of helping herself contribute one more box office, she said directly without hesitation: "Give me "Midnight Bells: The Ghost Record..... Two sheets. ”

The conductor didn't raise his head when he heard Charlize Theron's words, and replied directly: "I'm sorry to sell out....."

Hearing this, Charlize Theron was a little confused, but it was only half past nine, and the ticket was gone? She hesitated for a moment, and continued to ask, "I'm sorry, do you have that one?"

The conductor looked up at the tall blonde woman with a mask, then slowed down and said, "I'm sorry, there's no one....."

Charlize Theron took out his phone and looked at the time, and asked with some surprise: "How is it possible, isn't it half past nine now? This result was something she had never expected.

"Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow Record" is not a blockbuster, and it is generally not scheduled to be released at zero o'clock, because there will not be many people who will choose such a late time to watch a movie that has neither a big director nor a big star and no influence, after all, tomorrow is still Monday, and many people have to go to work.

She had already prepared that there would not be a few people in the screening room, but now the ticket seller told her that there were no tickets? Although she was overjoyed, it was a pity that she couldn't see the movie she starred in first.

The conductor didn't know the complicated mood of the leading actor, but said a little impatiently: "Now you download a WeChat and use the WeChat online payment system, you can get free tickets for the premiere of "Midnight Bell: The Ghost Shadow", we didn't sell a few here, all of them were sold online....."

Hearing the conductor's explanation, Charlize Theron said, "I see. He said "thank you", and then walked out of the ticket sales place with some loss. After thinking about it for a while, she opened WeChat, clicked into her wallet, and found movies and events, and found that "Midnight Bell: Ghost Shadow" was actually recommended on the homepage.

At this time, she remembered that Cheng Xiaoyu also has an identity as the founder of "Xi Yu", "WeChat" is a product of Xi Yu, and she will naturally support her boss's movie, at this time she began to get excited, as if her dream of becoming an actor was within reach.

Charlize Theron clicked to enter, and the tickets for the AMC cinema in Los Angeles have all turned gray, indicating that they are sold out, and there are only more than ten art theaters left in two more remote locations to collect, and regardless of the fact that their fuel costs will be more expensive than movie tickets, Charlize Theron hurriedly grabbed one, the location is not very good, in the corner of the front row.

She doesn't know how to describe her feelings, after all, all the tickets for the premiere don't cost money, which doesn't really reflect whether the movie is really hot.

But not so much now, Charlize Theron hurried to the art cinema in El Monte, and now her time was tight, in case of traffic jam, it was impossible to get to such a distance in two hours.