It is already late February, and the release date of "Inferno" is getting closer and closer.
So far, Washimine has already held two consecutive previews for "Purgatory's Flames" for audiences, theaters and media.
Through the feedback collected from the audience.
Washimine's statisticians found that "Purgatory Fire" was particularly popular among audiences mainly under the age of 30.
The film received a 96 percent favorable rating from this group.
This strengthened Washimine's determination to focus on the youth market and he formulated a new publicity plan.
Later in early March, "Purgatory's Flames" will have a third audience-only preview, which will also be the last preview before the release.
For the purpose of publicity and expanding word-of-mouth influence, Washimine decided to adopt the main method of online registration for the final preview.
The [See Moon] website has opened a link for applying for the preview on its homepage and the Fate movie viewing page.
Members who want to attend the preview need to apply using a [See Moon] account that has been verified with real name.
"Purgatory's Flames" has already held two previews, and word of mouth among the audience has begun to spread.
Although due to the confidentiality agreement, viewers who have watched the movie cannot reveal the specific plot and content of the movie.
But most of the people who have seen the movie said that it is a very good movie.
A well-known film critic from the website [See Moon] said this in his movie-watching video.
Even if everyone already knows the ending of the movie through FSN, there is absolutely no way to guess how the result will happen until the last moment.
Although many people also said that the plot of "Inferno" was very dark and depressing, and they felt bad after watching the movie.
But these same people also said that Inferno is a well-made movie.
Whether it is the gorgeous special effects or the wonderful plot, it is a very good movie.
Because the main user group of the [See Moon] website is basically young people, they have quite similar preferences in movies.
Therefore, when the first batch of audience reviews of "Inferno" came out, various positive reviews about the film spread like crazy on the Internet.
Plus, all Fate fans have been looking forward to this movie for a whole year.
So even though the large-scale premiere can start soon, most people can't even wait for a few days.
One of the most intuitive data can illustrate how popular "Purgatory" is at this moment.
In order to get the opportunity to apply for the preview, the number of people who applied for real-name authentication on the [See Moon] website in the past three days is 100 times the number of people who authenticated in the entire month of January.
Even when [See Moon] opened registration for the third preview, the server was stuck due to excessive traffic at the same time.
The worst ones are those non-Fate fans who were originally enjoying the movie.
As a result of this incident, the web page where they were watching the video was directly stuck in PPT.
But even so, it still couldn't stop movie fans from wanting to see "Inferno" in advance.
Many people who did not get the opportunity to preview the film began to choose their own unconventional methods.
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"Please let us in!"
Standing at the door of the preview theater, Asuna used her starry eyes on the staff who stopped her.
"We waited in line for so long just to see the movie in advance. So please." (???)
"No."
Although the girl in front of them was very cute, the staff still rejected her.
"Well...well...if there are no seats, we can sit in the aisle."
Asuna gave the other person the sweetest smile she could.
It's a pity that this Washimine staff member would not be fooled by Asuna's clever disguise.
He directly exposed the other party's background: "Miss, if I remember correctly, you have already participated in the second preview, right?"
"Tsk."
Asuna was speechless for a moment. She scratched the back of her head and tried to fool the conversation by laughing.
"Because the movie is so good, I just want to..."
"I'm sorry."
The staff member shook his head again. "I can't let you and your companions in. The theater is already full."
As he spoke, he pointed to the long team behind Asuna, which looked like there were at least a few hundred people.
"You are not the only one who thinks this way. If you are treated as an exception, the situation will get out of control."
Among those who are still queuing up, quite a number of them clearly do not have the qualifications for the preview, but still fantasize about being able to get into the cinema through coaxing and lobbying.
Once an exception is made, the staff member will face endless troubles in the future.
If you're not careful, you might even lose your job.
So no matter how dissatisfied the people in the queue are, they will not be allowed to pass.
But these people queuing up are the best publicity material.
As early as 20 minutes ago, Washimine had sent someone to record this scene with a camera.
A film has caused such a huge response and popularity just with a preview.
Is there any better promotional material than this?
Although she was used as free publicity material, Asuna's final result was quite helpless.
After realizing that she couldn't enter the theater no matter what, she had no choice but to leave the cinema with Kazuya and Shiori Kaede.
But Asuna was unwilling to return to the hotel like a lost dog.
So she took her two followers and walked straight into the nearby McDonald's.
At least here, Asuna could still see the long line.
You guys keep waiting outside, I'm eating hamburgers and drinking Coke in McDonald's.
Although this can only be regarded as a spiritual victory of the pot calling the kettle black, Asuna feels that it is better than going back to the hotel and being in a daze.
"Okay, Asuna."
As her boyfriend, Kiritani smiled bitterly and advised: "We have already seen the movie once, right? This trip to the United States is not a loss."
After Washimine announced the information about the preview, Asuna found a way to sneak into the preview.
It just so happened that Asuna's father's company had a collaboration with Washimine in the gaming field. Although they were not strategic partners, they still had business dealings.
So Asuna asked her father to get her three spots in the second round of previews.
Then she brought her boyfriend and her boyfriend's gay friend from Japan to the United States to attend the preview.
However, just one preview was not enough to satisfy Asuna, so she tried to find a way to participate in the third preview.
However, Washimine's original intention of holding the third round of previews was to understand the reactions of ordinary audiences.
Therefore, all the places for the third preview are decided by registration through the website and then randomly drawn.
Although Asuna and the other two usually have good luck, there were too many people who signed up for the preview this time.
From a probabilistic point of view, it is equivalent to drawing 4 SSRs in ten consecutive draws.
So naturally, none of the three people were drawn.
This made Asuna feel very frustrated and unwilling to admit defeat, so today she brought the two of them to the cinema again to try to sneak in.
But it obviously failed.
"I'm not willing to give up. There are some parts that I don't understand. I want to read it again."
Asuna sighed while lying on the dining table.
Washimine's preview was held in North America. According to the American movie-watching habits, the version released was naturally the English version without subtitles.
Although Asuna and the other two speak English well, they can generally understand the plot of the movie.
But some scenes and lines are still a bit difficult for Asuna.
This is also the reason why Asuna is so eager to watch it a second time.
She was really unwilling to not understand.
"Alright, Miss. The English version is still quite difficult to watch. Wouldn't it be better to watch the Japanese version when it's released in Japan?"
Shiori Kaede came to the dining table carrying a tray full of food.
"Shiori Kaede, aren't you unwilling to accept this?" Asuna asked with a pout.
She didn't ask Kiritani. Although he was her boyfriend, he was not a die-hard fan of Erque Studio.
When it comes to things related to movies, Asuna actually gets along better with Shiori Kaede.
"I am very satisfied to be able to attend the second preview this time. I will watch the rest after I return to Japan."
Shiori Kaede tore open the wrapper of a hamburger and took a big bite.
"Eat quickly. You must be hungry after arguing with others for so long, young lady."
"Hmph~~"
Asuna snorted unwillingly, and she said to Kazuya coquettishly, "Give me one of the Artoria burgers."
"Why don't you just say Big Mac?"
Kazuya smiled wryly and handed over the burger.
Starting from last week, M has started to collaborate with "Inferno".
A special FZ package was launched, and a large number of FZ characters were used in the packaging of the package.
For example, Mr. Golden was printed on the French fry carton, and Iskandar was printed on the iced tea cup.
Not only the food packaging, but also McDonald's store decorations and tray papers are printed with different characters from the FZ movie.
However, Kiritani himself is not interested in such things.
After all, although he is not a die-hard fan of Fate, he has eaten McDonald's several times because of these packaging.
Just because my girlfriend wanted to collect all the wrapping papers.
"Well~ I really want to take Artoria home and raise her."
Asuna's hand kept stroking the image of Saber on the wrapping paper.
"Cute, powerful, and edible. It's a perfect pet!"
Kiritani almost spit out the Coke in his mouth.
"Ahem, Asuna, what you said is a bit dangerous."
"So it's just talk~" Asuna glanced at her boyfriend, "You want to raise an Artoria, right?"
Your girlfriend asks you if you want to support another woman.
Faced with this life-threatening question, Kiritani decisively chose to eat a hamburger.
"Shiori Kaede, what about you?" Asuna looked at the other party, "You also want to raise an Artoria, right?"
Shiori Kaede shook his head: "I guess I can't afford it. Compared to this, I am more concerned about the content of the second Easter egg in the movie. I wonder if it is related to Fate's new project."
"Yeah, I don't know what kind of story will come out."
Asuna also felt a little yearning.
The Easter egg at the end of "Inferno" is indeed amazing, giving these Fate fans endless imagination.