MMB Chapters 1386 and 1395, anyone have tickets? Sell them to me, I'll pay double!
Chapters 1386 and 1395, anyone have tickets? Sell them to me, I'll pay double!
Chapters 1386 and 1395, anyone have tickets? Sell them to me, I'll pay ten times the price!!!
First, three stunning trailers were released one after another, instantly attracting the attention of the entire Japanese nation.
Then came the sudden silence surrounding the test screening; not only was there no press conference, but even the specific details were kept secret.
While leaving people puzzled, the film critics and veteran journalists who watched the preview screening spread scattered information such as "shocking," "once in a century," "explosive," and "you'll regret it for the rest of your life if you don't see it," thus piquing the public's curiosity!
Like a skilled angler, he first frantically baits the area, then gently pulls the rod with the bait, constantly enticing the fish until it finally bites the hook!
After a week of anticipation, the premiere of "Jurassic Park" finally took place on March 12th!
Subway stations, bus stops, shopping malls, department stores. In addition to the advertisements that have been running on various channels since the past two days, what is even more surprising is the large-scale advertising by Shuyou Pictures in newspapers!
Starting early in the morning, newspapers delivered to various stores in Japan featured two full-page spreads of Jurassic Park posters.
One is a Brachiosaurus in a dense forest, and the other is a ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex, which perfectly echoes the two trailers. Then, in the middle of the poster is the important news: "Jurassic Park premieres today!"
This immediately caught everyone's attention in Japan!
It's important to understand that this was the golden age of print media; almost every household in Japan read newspapers, so advertising revenue naturally skyrocketed.
To secure two advertising spaces in such a newspaper requires more than just money; it also requires strong relationships with major media outlets!
Unwittingly, Shuyou has revealed his powerful connections in the entertainment industry!
It happened to be Saturday, and many people who had been busy all week were looking forward to having some fun during the holiday.
There weren't many forms of entertainment in those days, and after seeing the morning newspaper, many more people, in addition to those who had already planned to go to the movies, were drawn to the cinema!
Watanabe Sorachi, a young man from Yao City, was planning a date with his girlfriend over the weekend, and naturally decided to go see a movie since they were passing by a cinema.
"Jurassic Park premieres today, I heard it's amazing, why don't you go see it?!"
Watanabe Sorachi asked his girlfriend Ito Kyoka.
In this era, Japanese women are very open to new things, and Ito Kyoka was also very curious about monster movies featuring dinosaurs:
"Okay, but is it possible to buy tickets now?"
"We can buy tickets for the evening. We can come back to check it out after we've played during the day!"
Watanabe Sorachi finally managed to squeeze through the ticket queue to the ticket window and shouted loudly:
"Please give me two tickets to Jurassic Park!"
"The exclusive Marseille tickets are sold out!"
"What? It's already sold out?"
Watanabe Sorachi immediately spoke loudly,
"I'll take it either, even if it's late at night or early morning!"
"Sorry, the tickets are sold out!"
The ticket seller had a stern, expressionless face, as if she had answered this question countless times before.
"Tickets for today, tomorrow, and even next Monday are all sold out!!"
"what?!"
Watanabe Sorachi was stunned. Yao City was just a small city next to Osaka, and its movie theaters had never sold out for several days in a row!
"How about we change to another movie? There are other ones."
"This"
Unable to make a decision, Watanabe Sorachi shook his head, returned to a corner of the lobby, and told his girlfriend about the situation.
"What?! There's no Monday left?!"
It's fine on the weekend, but we have to go to work on Monday!
"Yes, I didn't expect it to be so popular that it might have to be postponed."
Just as the young couple was sighing, a clever-looking face suddenly approached:
"You two, you wanted to buy tickets but couldn't, right?!"
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Watanabe Sorachi hesitated for a moment, then shielded his girlfriend behind him.
"What do you do for a living?"
"Hehehe~ Of course I'm a good citizen who's enthusiastic about helping those in need!"
The stranger laughed heartily.
"I have Jurassic Park tickets here! They're a bit pricey, of course, but do you want them?"
"!!!"
In this small city of Yao City, scalpers have actually appeared because of a movie!
"How much more expensive?"
"Ten times this afternoon, five times tomorrow, and three times the day after tomorrow!"
Watanabe Sorachi cried out in surprise:
"!!! You're robbing me!"
"Haha, robbing people is nowhere near as fast as selling tickets!"
A smile returned to the scalper's face.
"These are discounted tickets, the seats are really good!! There are only a few left, so tell me if you want them!!"
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While he hesitated for a few seconds, a voice suddenly came from the side:
"Does anyone have tickets? Sell them to me, I'll pay ten times the price!!!"
It's because other people who couldn't get tickets are trying to buy tickets from others!
Upon hearing this, the ox immediately said:
"Please wait a moment, I have some here."
Watanabe Sorachi, who was standing there, immediately spoke up as well.
"I want one too! From this morning!"
"That's more like it! When you're on a date with your girlfriend, you should be generous!"
"One ticket costs 500 yen, two tickets cost 1000 yen, and ten times that is exactly 10000 yen!"
The scalper deftly pulled out a ticket from his pocket.
"Come on, let's exchange money for goods!"
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Although making money wasn't difficult in this era, Watanabe Sorachi was still extremely heartbroken when Prince Shotoku handed it over!
How can it be repaired?
If this movie doesn't meet his expectations, he'll definitely call the newspaper to complain!
Similar situations have occurred in various cities, and the phenomenon of tickets being hard to come by for the premiere of "Jurassic Park" has even attracted the attention of the media.
Reporters were preparing to interview ticket buyers and the first audience members to watch the show, and to publish a report in the evening paper that day!
After having lunch and strolling around a bit, Watanabe Sorachi took his girlfriend Ito Kyoka to the movie theater and entered the packed screening room on time.
At this moment, Watanabe Sorachi was actually holding his breath, having paid ten times the ticket price!
Although he knew this had nothing to do with Naoki Nagayama's movie and was purely due to scalpers, he couldn't help but blame Naoki Nagayama for it.
"Although the trailer is great, that's just the highlights; the actual quality of the movie might be a step below."
Even after the lights went out, he was still sitting in his seat playing with crickets with Ito Kyoka.
"We wonder if Naoki Nagayama's reputation will also collapse, so we need to keep a close eye on it."
"Alright, alright, let's watch the movie!"
Ito Kyoka was getting a little impatient, so Watanabe Sorachi finally shut up.
The lights slowly dimmed, the large screen in front gradually lit up, and with an explosion in the tunnel, the movie officially began!
When Watanabe Sorachi saw the opening scene where the excavation team found the mosquito amber, he curled his lip in disapproval.
"Just a so-so start."
One minute into the movie, when Yuko Tanaka goes to the archaeological site in the field to find Harrison to conduct an assessment.
"The dinosaur fossils are interesting, but the rest are so-so."
When everyone arrived at Jurassic Park by helicopter, the bustling port town and various dinosaur exhibits...
"The set is so realistic; the town looks so real, it doesn't seem fake at all."
When Tanaka Yuko and Harrison arrived at the lake in their off-road vehicle, they saw a Brachiosaurus munching on tender leaves on the branches.
"Holy crap?!"
His girlfriend, Ito Kyoka, standing next to him couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice:
"The cinema is even more realistic than the trailer!!"
Then there are scenes of various small dinosaurs running around, and even more Brachiosaurus.
"Holy crap?! My God!!!"
An injured Triceratops appeared.
"Holy crap?! It's breathing! Its eyes are moving!!"
A velociraptor launched a sneak attack.
"Run!"
The Tyrannosaurus Rex has been unleashed!
"what!!!!"
In the dead of night, in a dense forest, he was chased by a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"what!!!"
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Inside the movie theater, gasps and shouts rose and fell in waves!
At first, I was amazed by the dinosaur ecosystem in Jurassic Park. Those huge, living creatures and small dinosaurs all seemed like living beings, completely unlike the stiffness seen in other movies!
Later, as a storm damaged the park's facilities, the dinosaurs went on a rampage, and what followed was thrilling and suspenseful!
When the two children were attacked by the Tyrannosaurus Rex, the entire theater erupted in screams of terror!
The emotions of all the viewers rose and fell like a roller coaster, depending on the development of the plot!
In the giant screen theater at the Ikebukuro Arts Center in Tokyo, all the audience's eyes were glued to the big screen, and even their breathing slowed down. No one took out the popcorn, cola, or other snacks they had brought in to enjoy.
"Be careful!!"
"Tyrannosaurus Rex!!!"
"Run!!!"
When Yuko Tanaka on the screen was attacked by a velociraptor, almost everyone couldn't help but scream!
Everyone seems to be fleeing for their lives along with the main characters in the story!
That's the purpose of a giant screen!
This makes the audience feel more immersed in the movie, as if the dinosaurs in the film could jump out of the big screen at any moment.
"Watch out, there's a velociraptor!!!" "Step on the gas!!" "Run! Run! Run!!" "."
Inside the museum, when the Tyrannosaurus Rex bit down on the pursuing Velociraptor and slammed it against the wall, turning it into a bloody pulp, the audience actually felt a sense of redemption!
At this moment, the Tyrannosaurus Rex exuded an aura of dominance, appearing like a hero descended from the heavens. Did this inspire trust in the audience, or perhaps it was Stockholm Syndrome?
"Roar!!!"
However, Tyrannosaurus Rex was, after all, a carnivorous dinosaur. Amidst its threatening roars, the protagonist, Harrison, managed to escape with Yuko Tanaka.
Until the very end, when the main characters arrived at the helicopter, the owner of the company behind Jurassic Park, looking at everything on the island, seemed to be reflecting on his own actions.
In the lobby of Yao City, the doors to the screening room opened, and faint applause could be heard before a group of viewers gradually emerged from the screening room.
At this moment, everyone's faces were filled with shock, and some people were still talking to the people next to them.
Watanabe Sorachi and his girlfriend Ito Kyoka were also among them. At this moment, Watanabe Sorachi's face was full of excitement, but a trace of lingering fear remained:
"This is amazing!!! I'd pay ten times the ticket price? A hundred times the ticket price to see it!"
"Jia-chan, can we watch it again? I really want to watch it again!!!"
"I heard Jurassic Park is real. How about we go see it together next holiday?!"
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Kyoka Ito was still reminiscing about the plot of "Jurassic Park", but her boyfriend's nagging interrupted her!
"Okay, okay, let's go to the park together."
Just then, a reporter with a microphone approached:
"Are you two just seeing 'Jurassic Park'? Could you share your thoughts?"
Watanabe Sorachi, standing next to him, grabbed the microphone and excitedly stared at the approaching camera lens, saying:
"That's amazing! I mean, that's amazing, you know?!"
"This is absolutely the best movie of the year! I'm telling you!!"
"All the previous praise for this movie was absolutely true!!!"
"You absolutely have to see this in the cinema!!! It's so amazing!!!"
The reporter managed to wrest the microphone back, barely suppressing the urge to punch Watanabe Sorachi, and continued the interview with professionalism:
"Sir, we truly understand your feelings about the film!"
"Fantastic!!!"
"Hmm. When did you decide to come and see this place?"
"I didn't have any particular idea at first, but I saw the ad in the newspaper this morning!"
Ito Kyoka, who was standing next to him, said,
"And then I came over."
"I see. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision!" The reporter nodded. "Are there any tickets left?"
"No more, not for three days in a row!"
Ito Kyōka continued to shake her head.
"However, we bought welfare tickets from an intermediary."
Watanabe Sorachi quickly grabbed the microphone and interrupted:
"Ten times the price!! Ten times the price! It's worth it in one word!!"
"Hi hi."
The reporter once again held the microphone protectively in his hand.
"It was bought from a middleman. Could you please point out who that person was? We'd like to interview them."
"That's not a good idea."
Ito Kyoka shook her head, feeling that her basic moral compass wouldn't allow it.
However, Watanabe Sorachi, who was standing nearby, immediately pointed to the yellow ox in the corner and said:
"it's him!!!"
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Immediately afterwards, the scalpers were spotted by the interview team!
Similar interviews were conducted in many cities, and many media outlets waited outside the cinemas on the first day of the premiere, eager to learn about the film's details as soon as possible.
Some TV stations even went so far as to broadcast it live, inserting the popularity of "Jurassic Park" into their midday news, turning it into a political news segment!
Almost all the audience members interviewed revealed one thing!
"It's so amazing!" "You absolutely have to see this!" "I want to go again!!"
When it came to specific plot points, viewers shared the scenes that left the deepest impression on them.
"Of course, it was the first time I saw the Brachiosaurus! It looked so much more realistic in the theater than in the trailer!!!"
"It should be a lifelike depiction of dinosaur ecology, including herbivores, carnivores, and their habitats. It seems like everything has been taken into account!"
"As expected, it was the Tyrannosaurus Rex that appeared! The sheer oppressive aura almost scared the pants off me!"
"Velociraptors are much more ferocious!! That's what a predator feels like—fierce and cunning!"
"The plot is also very engaging! It starts with surprise and shock, and then it becomes thrilling and tense!"
"It makes one reflect on whether technology should be ethical. Is it really a good thing to bring dinosaurs from the Jurassic era to the present?!"
"Is there really a Jurassic Park waiting to be opened in real life?! Is Naoki Nagayama just testing the waters with this film?"
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Each viewer shared their perspective, and these opinions quickly spread to all levels of society in Japan through television stations, media outlets, and discussions among friends.
"The Brachiosaurus's neck was too long." "Actually, some dinosaurs were ovoviviparous, like sharks!"
"I wonder if dinosaur meat tastes good." "Gene cloning, that'll work!" "The next step should be human cloning, right?!"
"The special effects are amazing!!" "Incredible!"
Everyone is talking about Jurassic Park, from adults to children, from Brachiosaurus to Tyrannosaurus Rex, from dragon eggs to genetic technology, from the viewing experience to the special effects.
It seems that all of us have suddenly become dinosaur experts or science experts!
Even the name of director Naoki Nagayama was being mentioned repeatedly.
After the evening paper went on sale in the afternoon, the popularity of "Jurassic Park" rose to another level!
This time, even the international edition has started publishing the premiere of "Jurassic Park"!
In a report, the editor provided a detailed summary of the premiere in Japan, highlighting its immense popularity.
The entire Japanese movie theater was packed with people queuing up; the streets were deserted!
Tickets are extremely difficult to obtain; you can only buy them if you pay ten times the price!
Then, at the end, a question was asked:
"What level will Naoki Nagayama's new film reach this time?!"
"We'll see!"
(End of this chapter)