After Little Fox's speech summarizing the past and present and imagining the future, the lights in the hall dimmed.
It was a very traditional premiere, except there were more old-school veterans and film critics than usual, and fewer lucky people who had drawn premiere invitations after purchasing various goods.
Yes, this was also one of Lardimore's traditions. Anyone who bought anything in Lardimore could enter a raffle.
The raffle barrel came from the Actors Union. Normally, it held ordinary movie tickets, but whenever there was a premiere, it would also contain some premiere invitations.
Anyone holding one of these invitations could attend a premiere. This was probably one of the benefits the entire city, and even the entire industry, offered ordinary people, encouraging them to spend money in the city.
After all, the bigger the premiere, the more heavyweight stars would attend. The desire to get close to those people could make someone empty the last penny from their pockets!
The movie's story had been altered slightly from what had really happened. After all, no one wanted the female lead to appear only in the "first half," and everyone hoped she would show up in the second half as well.
With Penny and Nelly's opposing on-screen images added in, the two girls also received new storylines.
As soon as the male lead appeared, some members of the audience gasped. He was an extremely handsome actor, and still very young.
Of course, he was still somewhat inferior to Lin Qi, but no one could deny that he was already very handsome.
"For this guy, the filming schedule kept getting delayed..." Penny explained quietly into Lin Qi's ear. This was the actor chosen through the open audition.
Emerging victorious from tens of thousands of applicants required more than luck. It also demanded