Chapter 562: Large-scale Preview of

Xindi Cinema Chain gave Luo Mo a certain degree of support when "Monkey King: Hero is Back" was released.

Since then, this cinema chain has become the closest partner to Luo Mo Studio among the many cinema chains.

In Luo Mo's view, the helmsman of Xindi Cinema Chain has quite a sharp eye.

However, the operation of a Large-scale Preview is still a first for Blue Star.

Facing something new, Xindi Cinema Chain still has to consider it carefully.

In the end, the reply Luo Mo Studio received was that they could provide a certain degree of support.

But relying solely on Xindi Cinema Chain is still a bit lacking.

Although this cinema chain is one of the largest in the country, with hundreds of cinemas across the nation, it still does not meet the expectations in Luo Mo's heart.

This thing called a "Preview" won't have too many screenings scheduled in the same cinema on the same day.

After all, cinemas still have to prioritize the batch of films that have already been released.

"Dying to Survive" is officially premiering on August 2nd, and Luo Mo intends to hold a Large-scale Preview on July 28th.

On the 28th, Xindi Cinema Chain can schedule just under 2,000 screenings nationwide.

This is already considered very strong support.

What can be done now is to have the studio continue to contact the cinema chains.

At the same time, Luo Mo also needs to appropriately utilize a portion of his own Connections.

With Xindi Cinema Chain, a Boss-level figure in the industry, taking the lead in the preview, presumably some small and medium-sized cinema chains might also waver and follow suit.

Therefore, there is still room for negotiation!

"If there were no support from Xindi Cinema Chain, this would be even harder to handle," Luo Mo thought to himself.

Daring to be the first is a good thing, but when it comes to specific operations, one will still encounter quite a few troubles.

This world, after all, does not revolve around Luo Mo.

He can be very confident himself, but that does not mean everyone will trust him.

Time pushed forward by another two days like this; through the efforts of these two days, they managed to secure 4,300 screenings for the July 28th preview, which is just about the limit.

"Compared to the 14,000-screening preview of 'Medicine God' on Earth, it's a full 10,000 short," Luo Mo thought in his heart.

But Luo Mo's mindset is good.

The first step is always the hardest to take.

Once the first step is taken, and taken steadily, the rest will be easy.

"Many cinema chains are still watching and waiting, all indicating that they can only arrange a small amount on the 28th, but there is a possibility of increasing it later."

For Luo Mo, having this attitude is enough.

Since you all want to watch, then I will let you watch properly!

In this era where "Roadshow" is still prevalent, Luo Mo is effectively doing something groundbreaking.

This Newcomer director has no intention of just making a good movie.

He also wants to teach the entire Blue Star film industry a good lesson!

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In the next few days, the publicity team for "Medicine God" carried out routine promotional work in an orderly manner.

Luo Mo also specifically posted on Weibo, stating that "Dying to Survive" will start its "Preview" on the 28th, so please look forward to it.

As soon as this Weibo post was published, it attracted the attention of the "Moshengren".

Luo Mo's new film must be supported.

"Preview" means getting a sneak peek!

When others haven't seen it yet, you have already seen it—how superior is that?

When the time comes, if you show off your ticket stub in the fan group, there will definitely be a bunch of people asking you if it's good!

However, this preview thing is a matter of luck.

Who knows if the city one lives in has been scheduled for one?

Sometimes, even if there is a preview scheduled in your city, it might be very far from home.

In some big cities, if the distance is far, it is also very troublesome.

At this time, the up-and-coming Drama Critic Xiao Cai received a WeChat message from her best friend Xiao Fang.

"Are you going to watch the 'Medicine God' preview?" Xiao Fang asked.

"I am! Do we have it here?" Xiao Cai immediately became excited.

"I just checked, we do! You can watch it at Xindi Cinema, and they've arranged quite a few screenings, but they're all in the afternoon, so we can't go at night," Xiao Fang said.

"That's fine, I'll go buy the tickets now, my treat!" Xiao Cai said very generously.

She became a Drama Critic because of Luo Mo. After following Luo Mo's dramas, she wrote a few drama reviews when she had nothing to do, and by relying on the advantage of her photos as a JK Uniform-wearing beautiful girl, plus the fact that she was indeed very talented, she inexplicably became popular.

"Yeah, the power of an Idol!" Xiao Cai thinks so.

Now that Luo Mo has gone to make a movie, Xiao Cai immediately had the idea of developing into a Film Critic.

"You're crossing over, so I'm crossing over too!"

Fans, sometimes, are indeed like a group of Light Chaser, if that person is the light.

Xiao Cai opened her commonly used ticketing app at the first opportunity.

"Previews require grabbing tickets! Although Xiao Fang said Xindi Cinema arranged quite a few screenings, who knows if they are large or small Cinema halls, and who knows if there are many seats!"

She opened the ticketing app and took a look; sure enough, there were several screenings, and there were no small Cinema halls—they were all medium-to-large ones.

Even so, half of the seats had already been bought by people.

This left Xiao Cai with no time to find a ticket scalper on WeChat to save money, so she bought two tickets directly on the ticketing app.

"Bought it!" Xiao Cai immediately sent a WeChat to Xiao Fang.

"Thanks, boss! You're the best, boss!" Xiao Fang replied immediately.

Both best friends thought to themselves: "Hehe, we really are the lucky ones."

Under normal circumstances, a 【Large-scale Preview】 only schedules a dozen or so screenings a day, maybe a few dozen at most.

In our city, at our cinema, they actually scheduled 3 screenings in just one afternoon!

What kind of terrifying proportion is this!

The people at this cinema are Afraid to have rock-solid connections!

The 【Mo Sheng Ren】 in other cities don't have this kind of luck, hehe ha hehe ha!

With this mindset, the two best friends opened their fan group almost at the same time, wanting to show off the tickets they had just snatched in the 2,000-person group.

As a result, the moment they opened the group chat, they were dumbfounded.

"Bought it!"

"I bought it too, my god!"

"Ah, even our tiny, obscure county has a preview!"

"Wow, the Xindi Cinema near my house has it too!"

"This is absurd, how come everyone's city has a preview? Are there scammers mixed in among you?"

At first, Xiao Cai also thought someone was just joining in the fun, teasing everyone on purpose, just talking big and lying.

But after one mosaic-covered ticket purchase screenshot after another was sent out, Xiao Cai was stunned.

On Xiao Fang's side, the focus was a bit silly, and she was still there giggling: "Hahaha! A sister just didn't blur hers! Don't let someone else pick up your ticket by then!"

Soon someone replied to her: "I'm already on my bike, going to pick up the ticket now, is there anyone faster than me?"

Xiao Cai had already switched out of the group chat and started searching online.

She typed into Weibo: "Dying to Survive, preview."

Once these words were entered, after she checked a few pieces of information, she had the answer in her heart.

"It's actually a super Large-scale Preview!" Xiao Cai was stunned.

So I'm not some lucky person, just an ordinary person among the masses.

She loves watching movies and has seen preview screenings before.

This was the first time she had ever heard of a preview with thousands of screenings all at once!

"Good heavens, movies with fewer screenings probably don't even have this many on their First Day of release!"

Xiao Cai looked at the discussions online, and most netizens couldn't understand this operation either.

"What is this doing?"

"Can you even play like this?"

"Luo Mo is really the same as always, not taking the usual path."

"How is this not taking the usual path? It feels just like a silly player in a game; if they can roll and jump, they absolutely won't walk!"

"It scared me into thinking this movie was released early!"

Xiao Cai shook her head and stopped thinking about it.

This was not something she could figure out.

Now, only endless anticipation remained for her.

"I can see Medicine God the day after tomorrow! Teehee!" She was already thinking about which JK Uniform to wear to take selfies at the cinema.

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Regarding the Large-scale Preview of Dying to Survive, it wasn't just the internet that was buzzing with discussion.

The entire film industry exploded.

This flashy operation could be said to have left a large number of industry insiders completely bewildered.

"And you have the nerve to call this a 【Preview】!?"

"Tell me, is this f***ing called a 【Preview】!?"

Luo Mo: Hmm, why wouldn't it be?

Look, it's not a nationwide simultaneous release; there are still many cities that haven't been scheduled.

And most of them are afternoon screenings; the golden hours in the evening haven't really been scheduled much either.

The only difference is, when others test the waters, they dip their toes in.

As for me, I'm a bit bold.

I just stick my lower leg in and stir it around.

Look at these ripples, aren't they getting more and more confusing and bewildering the more you look at them?

Don't get it?

It's right that you don't!

At this time, in Beijing, inside a large flat in a high-end residential complex.

Zhao Tong took her phone and went to the living room, saying to Xu Jinzhu, who was sprawled on the sofa eating fruit: "Jinzhu, will you go watch a movie with me the day after tomorrow?"

Xu Jinzhu looked up at her mother and asked: "Watch what? Car King 2?"

"I'm not watching Car King 2!"

I'm not watching Car King 2, and it is absolutely not because this director, Tian Ou, and my sister's boyfriend, Luo Mo, have a grudge.

Absolutely not!

I just simply don't want to because Mother and Father refuse to buy me a car, and I'm afraid I'll feel bad after watching this movie!

Zhao Tong heard this and said, "That's not it, it's to go see Little Luo's *Dying to Survive*."

"*Dying to Survive*? Isn't that only hitting theaters on August 2nd?" Xu Jinzhu said without even thinking.

"Yo, you're paying quite a lot of attention, aren't you? You even know what day it premieres?" Zhao Tong laughed.

Xu Jinzhu's expression stiffened, and he said, "What are you talking about? I just saw my sister advertising it for him."

I was clearly paying attention to my sister, okay! I would never go out of my way to pay attention to Luo Mo's affairs!

Zhao Tong laughed and said, "Fine, fine, fine. It hasn't premiered yet; I just checked, and it's a preview."

"I've bought the tickets, come find me for reimbursement later." After Zhao Tong dropped this line, she went into her room, leaving no room for negotiation.

"Tch." After Xu Jinzhu made a scoffing sound, he picked up his phone to buy the tickets with a look of reluctance.

"There! It's not that I want to watch it, it's that my mom forced me!"

"Don't think that just because one of your songs became a composition topic for my college entrance exam, I'll admire you or worship you!"

"I am not like those fanatical fans!"

After finishing the purchase, he specifically scrolled through Weibo and quickly saw the number one Hot Search: *Dying to Survive* Large-scale Preview.

This matter really had caused quite a stir. Luo Mo was just like that; he could always suddenly stir up some big commotion.

After Xu Jinzhu clicked in to take a look, this future brother-in-law of Luo Mo couldn't help but offer an evaluation of this flashy maneuver:

"Heh, all flash and no substance."

(PS: First update.)

(End of chapter)