Chapter 559 Love Letter is released!
Chapter 559 Love Letter is released!
Date: February 14, Valentine's Day
Location: Hailin
Characters: A man and a woman, the man is a civil servant, the woman is a junior high school teacher
"Let's go, let's go see a movie today. I want to see "Ex-Files 8: Love War."" said girlfriend Wang Yin.
"I remember last year - after watching Ex-Files 7, didn't you say you would never watch the Ex-Files series again?" Yan Shuang asked.
It seems to be true... Wang Yin said, "I always want to watch some movies on Valentine's Day, otherwise I always feel like something is missing. Although the Ex-Boyfriend series makes me feel sick, it is better than many movies that attack my IQ."
This is also the reason why the two of them made an appointment to meet in Hailin early on. After all, Hengdaohezi has the Wohu Mountain filming base, but there is no cinema.
As a county-level city, Hailin’s city center is not very big, and there are only two cinemas, one is the Metropolitan Cinema on the third floor of the Maoxiongguo Shopping Center, and the other is the Yueying Cinema on the third floor of Longjiang Bank. They went to the former.
There are a lot of people showing off their love during holidays, holding hands...but there are exceptions.
"Why do we have to go out on Valentine's Day? Don't you think it's a little ambiguous for two men to go to the cinema to watch a movie on Valentine's Day?"
"What's the point of being ambiguous? Why should we give today to those who show off their affection? We have to act as light bulbs. I've already bought the movie tickets. I want them to know the elegance of single nobles!"
Yan Shuang heard the voice as he just walked to the entrance of the cinema. He smiled and said, "You are heroes."
Yan Shuang thought that his girlfriend should decide what movie to watch on Valentine's Day, so he walked into the cinema and asked the clerk.
"Isn't Ex also released today? Why can't I see any showings of Ex online?" Yan Shuang asked.
His girlfriend Wang Yin also didn’t think that buying tickets online for a date was a sign of dishonesty, but neither Tao Piaopiao nor Maoyan had them.
"... Well, what can I do?" The clerk's hands were not slow at all, and he filled the popcorn quickly. Meals for two and one were constantly produced from his hands.
"Because 'Love Letter' was filmed in Hengdaohezi Town, Hailin, someone suggested that our city's cinemas should give support on the first day. Not only us, but also Yueying didn't. The only movie scheduled for today is this crappy one." The clerk expressed his resentment through his words.
Because this cinema was opened by his uncle, he had a good impression of Gu Lu, after all, he had read a few books about him, but now he was hindering his money-making, which could be said to be a complete traitor. After all, from the perspective of the cinema owner, it was very simple to look at the problem, no matter whether the reputation was good or bad, as long as the attendance rate was high and the box office was good, it would be fine.
"There aren't many good movies this year, and the theaters aren't making much money to begin with. The Ex-Boyfriend series sold so well on Valentine's Day!" The clerk then muttered something.
Yan Shuang had no choice but to buy the ticket for Love Letter on her mobile phone, and also bought a double portion of popcorn. I have to say, even if you let the popcorn stand out, it can't cover up the fact that the paper tube is very small.
The movie theater's popcorn is really profitable. A small bucket and two cups of Coke cost forty-eight even if you buy it in a group.
Yan Shuang told his girlfriend Wang Yin the whole story, and the latter said, "Forget it, Love Letter is fine, the most important thing is that we watch it together today."
Later, Wang Yin said that the official approach of Hengdaohezi was a bit extreme. It was called a "suggestion", but it was obviously an official requirement. If you want to do business in the city, how can you not give this face?
"It's not extreme... I can understand the town officials' approach. There's nothing we can do. We really need this opportunity." Yan Shuang, as a civil servant in the town hall, could understand part of it. He asked, "Did you know that Hengdaohezi is the third batch of historical and cultural towns to be included in the national ancient town list?"
"The third batch...what is the concept? Can you give an example?" His girlfriend Wang Yin didn't understand.
“Even the famous Shaxi Ancient Town, Zhouzhuang, Lijiang Ancient Town, etc. are not included in the national historical and cultural list.” Yan Shuang chose a way that his girlfriend who loves traveling could understand.
"Is our Gada so powerful?" Wang Yin found it a little unbelievable. The number of posts about Hengdaohezi strategies on Xiaohongshu did not exceed a hundred in a year.
"…it is of great historical and cultural significance. A few years ago, the Taking of Tiger Mountain and Snowy Forest were used as filming locations. With official sponsorship and policies, the studio was finally built, but during the entire Labor Day holiday, the number of visitors was less than 30,000." Yan Shuang said, "So when a flat country company came to film, and with the blessing of Gu Lu's name, they definitely had to give it another try."
Yes, as young people staying in small towns, they also want to see their hometown getting better and better, so there is nothing wrong with the government doing this.
"Can a movie bring such a great tourism promotion effect?" Wang Yin was a little skeptical.
Yan Shuang was also skeptical. After all, the studio had only filmed two movies and a TV series, and the results were so-so, and it cost so much money. The filming of Love Letter only asked the officials to coordinate some scenes, and there was no cost. It was basically impossible to replicate the success of "Ferry District".
The ticket checking has begun.
The theater was pretty full - that's nonsense, after all, it was the only movie.
The story begins with a love letter sent to heaven, which unexpectedly receives a reply from someone with the same name.
[“How are you? I’m fine.”
"If I had been brave at the beginning, would the ending be different? If you had insisted at that time, would the memories be different?"
"Having someone to miss is happiness."
"He once told me that he fell in love with me at first sight, and I believed it deeply. However, there are reasons for falling in love at first sight." ...
The movie's lines aren't particularly amazing, but the plot makes people extremely immersed in it. The best evidence is that a double portion of popcorn only eats up the tip of the popcorn, leaving most of it.
While watching the movie, Yan Shuang was very glad that he and Wang Yin were childhood sweethearts, and it was not love at first sight, but a love that came naturally. Because he heard a whisper behind him.
"You fell in love with me at first sight, too. Is it because I look like your ex-girlfriend?" It can be believed that the girl's hand has been placed on the boy's waist.
Yan Shuang hates this kind of thing. Whenever he reads an article or watches a movie, he puts his own life into the story.
My girlfriend Yinyin is the best. She never has these thoughts. Yan Shuang glanced at his girlfriend, but he couldn't see clearly in the dark theater. However, he could hear his girlfriend mumbling softly.
“Is this really filmed here in Gada?”
Yes, Yan Shuang was also a little bit unbelievable, because the movie seemed to have romance written in every frame. If some of the shots were not of the places where he grew up, it would be hard to be sure.
Yan Shuang would pass by this road every day after get off work. He never felt that this road gave people a sense of romance. He even felt that it was dilapidated. After all, the road was not made of cement, but ridges of yellow mud with a few messy grasses.
But in the movie, at dusk, the orange juice-like light spread all over the ground, and the male and female vines were chasing and playing on their bikes.
The benches in front are no longer lonely, but are filled with people in the sunset, smiling at the male and female protagonists from their school days.
He always felt that the bench that suddenly appeared was weird and not many people would sit on it, but now he felt that the sunset would sit on it, the evening breeze would sit on it, and even the snow would sit on it.
Xiao Wanyue shouted to the snowy mountain again, "How are you? I'm fine."
The movie, which was watched attentively by dozens of couples, ended with a special thanks in the cast and crew list: Thanks to the Hengdaohezi Town Government for their help.
Wang Yin shed tears, there was no easter egg, and her eyes were still red as the audience walked out of the screening room.
As a civil servant, Yan Shuang still has some basic qualities. After being moved, his first reaction was to recall the publicity effect.
It seems that "Love Letter" did not shoot the landmark buildings of Hengdaohezi, nor the iconic railway culture, and even the buildings in the style of the Bear Country just flashed by.
Except for someone who is very familiar with this, no one can recognize Hengdaohezi, right? Yan Shuang thought to himself, in this case, "Love Letter" failed.
"Why are you crying all the time? The ending of this movie is not that sad." Yan Shuang came back to his senses suddenly, realizing that today is Valentine's Day, so he should not think about anything else, and immediately handed over the tissue.
"It's not torture, it's touching. Xiao Wanyue yelled "I'm fine", which means she has moved on from that previous relationship. I was moved by her. And the heroine Chu Tengshu also moved on and received a love letter hidden in a book."
"You're so good, Gu Lu is really so good. When he was a student, he would unconsciously draw the people he liked, even if the drawings were crooked. This is the oriental implicit confession, which is better than any love letter with words." Wang Yin said.
Yan Shuang agreed that regardless of whether the plan to promote the town was successful, the film was undoubtedly a masterpiece.
"It's better than the previous series." Yan Shuang said.
"We are quite lucky today because we got to see a good movie by accident," said Wang Yin.
They walked out of the cinema talking and laughing. It was still early, and the show they were watching was scheduled to start at three o'clock, so it was only about four twenty in the afternoon.
It seemed a little early for dinner, and Wang Yin suddenly said, "Should we go to Foshou Mountain?"
"Ah?" Yan Shuang suddenly realized, "Because of the movie?"
Buddha's Hand Mountain is a mountain in Hengdaohezi Town. There is a stone on the top of the mountain that looks like a Buddha's hand, hence the name. In spring, the mountain is full of flowers, and in winter, it is covered with ice and snow. It is the location where the heroine Xiao Wanyue in "Love Letter" lies down and shouts "How are you? I'm fine".
They recognized him as someone from Hengdaohezi at a glance.
"That's fine, let's go and have a look." Yan Shuang thought about it. Although the movie didn't show the Siberian tiger breeding farm near Foshou Mountain, which is the most attractive place for tourists, it would be nice to go and have a look.
"Then where can we go to take pictures? You yell at me, are you okay? I'll answer, I'm fine." Wang Yin felt it was very romantic just thinking about it, and very suitable for Valentine's Day.
He did what he said, walked to the roadside first, and called an online taxi on his phone. Wang Yin urged him, "Hurry up, let's go and grab a seat."
"Don't worry, there aren't many people there usually, you know that." Yan Shuang said, "Even if someone is going there after watching a movie, it's still early now, so it's okay. It's expensive to take a Didi for 20 to 30 kilometers."
Even so, Wang Yin hurriedly got on the online taxi and did not accept the suggestion of taking the bus.
Forty minutes later, Wang Yin and Yan Shuang arrived at Foshou Mountain, but what greeted them was a crowd of people.
(End of this chapter)