Changping is still a county town. Although there are movie theaters, they can't get in the first round, so they can only eat leftovers.
Wang Xiaomei is an employee of a thermos bottle factory. She heard that the movie "Romance in Lushan Mountain" has recently come out and is particularly good. It happened to be a day off, so she asked two workers to go to the city to watch a movie and go shopping.
These days, it takes a long time to take a bus from a suburban county to the city.
They walked around the city all morning and happened to arrive near the front door, where they had something to eat at a cooperative under the Arrow Tower.
“The wontons are here!”
Huang Zhanying quickly brought the wontons to the table and three large bowls, and said with a smile: "The weather is hot, this is our gift of tea, you can quench your thirst!"
"Thank you comrade!"
Wang Xiaomei was surprised that tea was served while eating wontons. Qianmen Cooperative really lived up to its reputation. She tasted a wonton and thought it was pretty good, and said, "Where shall we go to watch a movie later?"
"There's one nearby, called Daguan Tower."
"Xiao Li went to the city last time to watch a performance of "Romance on Lushan Mountain". Hey, he went back and blew it to the sky. Look at how he made it!"
"I heard that the photoshoot was very daring. The actress's dress is here!"
Wang Xiaomei gestured to her legs. The eyes of the two friends were shining, and they scolded: "Oh my God, that's too capitalist. Aren't your legs exposed?"
"Yes, yes, it's not like we are hardworking and simple and everyone praises us!"
The three of them lowered their heads in unison and looked at their own trousers. They were uniform gray trousers. At most, the legs of the trousers could be rolled up a little to expose their ankles.
"Are you going to see "Romance in Lushan Mountain"?"
Huang Zhanying suddenly came over and interjected: "It's already noon. I definitely can't buy tickets. Let's come back another day."
"Ah? How come there are no more tickets?"
"If you stand guard outside early in the morning, you might still be able to buy it. At this time, let alone the afternoon show, there will be no evening show."
"But we only have one day off. We won't come back until next week. We are from Changping."
"What can I do?"
Wang Xiaomei and the other three looked sad and disappointed. When Huang Zhanying saw this, he simply said: "Forget it, forget it, we were planning to go see it at night. It's not easy for you guys to come all the way. I'll give you three evenly and give me the original price."
Already."
"Really? Then you won't be able to see it anymore?"
"It's okay. I'm familiar with the screenwriter. I'll ask him to get me the tickets, or I'll beat him up!"
Huang Zhanying generously gave out three tickets. Wang Xiaomei and others hurriedly finished their wontons, walked south, and soon saw the Daguanlou Cinema.
After checking in and entering the venue, the three young people were looking forward to finally enjoying "Love in Lushan". The movie did not disappoint them. The beautiful scenery of Mount Lu, the fashion show of the heroine, and the handsomeness and cuteness of the hero were all deeply loved by them.
attracted them.
Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and the auditorium was silent. Countless eyes turned to the screen, all immersed in the movie.
But in the screening room on the second floor, it was a different scene.
"Hurry! Hurry! Give me a copy!"
"Hold it, hold it, don't let it go! Come back on time, otherwise you and I won't be able to eat and walk around!"
"Then you ask the cinema to install an elevator. My legs are almost useless every day!"
Xiao Zhang hurriedly held the two copies, rushed downstairs like crazy, put the copies into the pocket on the back seat of his bicycle, and rushed to another cinema with sparks flying.
He is a film runner at Daguanlou.
One copy of "Romance in Lushan Mountain" will be shared by four cinemas. Each copy lasts about 10 minutes, so 90 minutes of the movie is 9 copies. The four cinemas will discuss it, for example, showing it at intervals of 30 minutes.
Daguanlou first places two copies, and then the film runners will deliver the copies to the next house. The next house also has its own film runners. After reading, the copies will be sent to the next house...
Ge You and Xie Yuan released the movie "Road Rider" in 1990, which was about film runners.
Xiao Zhang is very proficient in driving, and he has no problem even going to the Tour de France. It takes him 8 minutes to reach the 10-minute journey. The next cinema is in good condition, so he doesn't need to go upstairs. Instead, he has an "elevator" outside the building.
He put the copy on it, and there was a bell. When he pressed it, the top would know that the copy had been delivered, and it would go up directly.
Xiao Zhang rushed back again, even more urgently than before, because from now on, he had to go back and forth between the two theaters until the last show of "Love in Lushan" was over - a young life,
This is consumed in countless cycles, like a ghost beating a wall.
"Where's the copy? Where's the copy?"
"Here, here, here!"
He slowly went upstairs and took two more copies without stopping for a moment.
This time, I pedaled a little too fast. There was a loud bang and the chain fell off. Xiao Zhang tilted his body and almost fell to death. He jumped off with a curse and got on the chain again.
The next theater is going crazy!
The first two copies were released, but the new ones were not delivered. All we could do was print on the screen the words "The film has not arrived yet, please wait patiently." The theater was filled with boos, whistles, and boos.
…
"This movie is really good. Let's watch it again next week, right?"
"Okay, I'm not done yet!"
"I can't describe it. Anyway, I like the scenery inside, the dialogue, the men and women!"
After a performance of "Lushan Love" was played, Wang Xiaomei and her friends walked out happily, discussing various details happily. Xiao Zhang dragged his tired body past them without realizing it.
There is no peaceful time like watching a movie. The film runners are all carrying the burden for you.
At the end of the show, Xiao Zhang got a short break. He sat in the screening room panting heavily and slapped the table: "I can't survive a day like this! Where is the manager? I want to report it to the manager!"
"
"Why don't you order more copies? You guys have no brains, but we are the ones who are tired!"
"What do movie companies do for food?"
He was shouting inside, but the manager who was listening outside didn't even dare to fart, and the film runners were better than top sellers. As soon as they put down their picks, a chain reaction caused the cinema to be completely destroyed.
The manager was in a good mood, pushed the door in, and smiled and said, "Our Comrade Xiao Zhang is in a mood again? You're right, the company really didn't understand it. They knew "Lushan Love" would be a hit, but they didn't order more.
, you deserve to be scolded by the audience!"
"You don't need to tell me this, I want to copy it, otherwise I will die from exhaustion!"
"There are copies! We are not fools. In the current situation, of course we have to order more, but it takes time to develop the copies. There is nothing we can do about it. You are the mainstay of the theater, and you have to lead everyone to overcome difficulties!"
Xiao Zhang was finally comforted.
I rested for a while in the screening room, waited for the next show to start, and played for another 20 minutes. Then I rushed downstairs with two copies in my arms, and started my endless cycle of life.
…
These days, there are no conditions for a unified nationwide release. The specific release time of "Lushan Love" varies from place to place, but it is always between early to mid-July.
Taking Beijing as an example, it has been a week since "Blink of an Eye" was released. Managers from dozens of movie theaters went to the city company to block the door, and the city company went to China Film Group to block the door. They also met representatives from nearby provincial companies such as Liaoning, Hebei, and Shanxi.
At the same time, calls and telegrams came flying in like snow.
There is only one demand: order additional copies, otherwise the audience and film runners will rebel!
China Film and Television took everyone to block the director of the film bureau again, because they had to give permission.
"How much more?"
“180?!!”
The leader's expression was very embarrassing, and he was very embarrassed, because he was the one who rejected the order for 360 copies of "Lushan Love" and only approved 200 copies. Now there are 20 more copies.
I'm so tired, 380 copies!
"This is going to be a record!"
Chapter completed!