Chapter 1773 - 1620: Otherworldly Entertainment Tycoon 50

Seeing that Jian Shuangshuang agreed to let him shoot the film, Fan Chusheng immediately nodded in agreement to Jian Shuangshuang’s request, assuring that it would not delay his cultivation.

After watching a few days of filming, Fan Chusheng really became interested in filmmaking, especially since there were ghosts in this film, Fan Chusheng felt this role was tailor-made for him.

With Fan Chusheng learning acting alongside them, the following days went as planned, and in three months, scene construction was completed, the acting classes for the actors ended, and the movie shoot officially started.

This shoot also lasted three months, and when the film was released, Zang Haixin accomplished what she promised. Not only did she open cinemas nationwide, but she also spread newspapers and entertainment magazines across the whole country.

With newspapers and magazines, Jian Shuangshuang could finally follow the formal process; before the movie officially wrapped up and premiered, she launched a wave of publicity, and Zang Haixin’s promotion was indeed powerful.

Newspapers and magazines spared no expense in space, with wide-ranging color stills printed on them, plus the movie promotion summary personally written by Jian Shuangshuang, it was very appealing. Jian Shuangshuang’s new film was a hit even before its broadcast.

Jian Shuangshuang rarely felt admiration for Zang Haixin; opening cinemas nationwide and selling newspapers and magazines nationwide, tackling both tasks and succeeding; she’s simply a business superwoman!

Jian Shuangshuang didn’t know how she managed to juggle so many jobs simultaneously, especially as this period coincided with the film’s release. The premiere ceremony for her first movie was held in Wujia Town.

Zang Haixin also came to attend the premiere, but this workaholic brought work along. When Jian Shuangshuang saw Zang Haixin, there were no fewer than twenty men and women being directed briskly.

Seeing Zang Haixin’s workaholic, powerful woman demeanor gave Jian Shuangshuang inspiration; this was a domineering CEO straight out of a romance novel!

Jian Shuangshuang couldn’t resist circling around the bemused Zang Haixin, deciding to shoot the next film about the growth journey of a domineering female CEO.

Zang Haixin looked at her friend who was circling her in confusion and asked, "Shuangshuang, why are you circling me?" She looked down to check her outfit: "Am I dressed incorrectly?"

Jian Shuangshuang shook her head: "No, you’re dressed too well, Haixin, tell me your story from childhood, I plan to make a movie using you as a prototype."

Through letters and occasional meetings over this period, the friendship between Jian Shuangshuang and Zang Haixin had further deepened.

Jian Shuangshuang never lacked friends around her, but those friends, while called friends, seemed more like juniors in her eyes.

Zang Haixin was different; she was one of the rare people Jian Shuangshuang felt was strong in heart and ability, whom she could walk alongside.

Although Jian Shuangshuang’s idea to shoot a film based on Zang Haixin happened impulsively, it was serious, and Zang Haixin indeed was moved; this film, once made, would essentially be her personal biography.

Zang Haixin was a person of ability and ambition, naturally fond of garnering fame and fortune, and no one understood the explosive potential and wide dissemination of films better than her.

However, Zang Haixin was somewhat concerned: "Will anyone like a film based on me? My life isn’t particularly unique."

Jian Shuangshuang laughed: "Don’t underestimate me, I am a gold medal director and screenwriter; a film directed by me, how could no one like it?"

And there was another thing Jian Shuangshuang didn’t mention; this isn’t the modern era of film booms where one must sift through options; now people are starved, having waited months for a single film.

Not to mention that Jian Shuangshuang admits her films are all good; even if she made a lousy film, in this lack of entertainment and films market in a state of thirst, it would still explode.

Of course, Jian Shuangshuang wouldn’t make a lousy film; she pulled Zang Haixin over, grabbed a random spot to sit, and picked up paper and pen to start inquiring into all of Zang Haixin’s life experiences from childhood.

While Jian Shuangshuang was working hard on her next film, the Wujia Town cinema as the premiere venue was already being crowded by the masses.

The last time Jian Shuangshuang made a film, viewers didn’t even know what a premiere was or that the film originated in Wujia Town.

Now, with newspapers, magazines, and cinemas, everyone in Lin Country knew about this new thing called film, and from those leaning on canes to those just learning to walk, not a single person wasn’t obsessed with movies.

This time, due to prior publicity, many knew the new movie would be holding its premiere at Wujia Town.

Those without money or time could forget it, but those with money and leisure couldn’t resist wanting to catch a glimpse and came to Wujia Town to join the movie premiere.

Fortunately, Wujia Town was a transportation hub and fairly prosperous, so there were plenty of inns and hotels, and even though many came, they could still find accommodation.

Even if accommodations were full, paying a few dozen copper coins to families with nice houses in the vicinity could get a place to stay, preventing street sleep.

Jian Shuangshuang anticipated that more people would come this year, so she expanded the Wujia Town cinema tenfold in advance, but it was still insufficient due to too many visitors.

After Jian Shuangshuang finished talking with Zang Haixin and went to check the ticket sales for the film’s premiere ceremony, she discovered a long queue and crowd filling the cinema entrance.

This time, a total of twenty screening rooms were showing Jian Shuangshuang’s new film in succession, and ticket prices hadn’t increased; it was still fifty copper coins per ticket, just no complimentary ones.

The ticket scalpers at the cinema entrance were still sneakily wandering around selling tickets at high prices; Jian Shuangshuang initially thought it was insiders colluding again.

But upon checking, she found it wasn’t; these scalpers were earning diligently, relying on relatives and friends living in Wujia Town, tirelessly queuing for tickets as soon as they were up for sale.

To secure tickets, these scalpers camped out at the entrance ahead of the sale, taking turns lining up to buy tickets as soon as sales opened.

Because Jian Shuangshuang stipulated that each person could only buy one ticket, scalpers had to enlist the whole family to purchase them, scalpers who successfully bought tickets would pass them to the dedicated selling scalper, then return to the queue.

Scalpers divided tasks, buyers focused solely on buying, sellers only on selling, and one person was solely responsible for replacing queuers for meals and breaks.

Tickets resold by scalpers fetched three hundred copper coins each, six times the regular ticket price.

Despite the high price, demand surpassed supply; those queuing to buy tickets all targeted those few scalpers. Whenever a ticket was reached, a swarm of people surrounded the scalper, vying for it.

Jian Shuangshuang, seeing this, didn’t know what to say; enforcing against selling was difficult, as all tickets were acquired by queuing, and the high resale price was consensual.

Not to mention these persistent scalpers dedicatedly camped outside, eating and living there just to get tickets earlier.

Jian Shuangshuang once considered controlling this, but these scalpers kept devising tricks; being locals, it was impossible to eradicate.

Ultimately, Jian Shuangshuang could only turn a blind eye to small scalping; however, for large-scale ticket selling, there was zero tolerance.

It wasn’t that Jian Shuangshuang didn’t want to completely resolve the scalping, but there were too many people willing to buy scalpers’ tickets; willing buyers and sellers abound, those spending didn’t lack money, and Jian Shuangshuang couldn’t intervene.