The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1123 Party Together

Haha, hahaha!

Nicholas couldn't control himself and burst out laughing. It was so funny.

Who would have thought that these game consoles would have such interactive features.

Then, at this moment, the game console made another crackling sound, and Nicholas could no longer control himself. It was as if he had returned to his teenage years, looking left and right, full of curiosity.

Only then did I realize that a palm-sized card was being spit out from the bottom of the game console.

The bookmark is green in color, with a beautiful border design and color combination that makes you love it. The words just displayed on the screen are listed in vertical rows.

It’s actually the surrounding area!
Nicholas' eyes lit up. Such peripherals could be collected as souvenirs, but the "Butterfly Effect" crew actually gave them away for free.

Nicholas absolutely loved it.

Excited, curious, uncontrollable excitement, a kind of pure joy.

Nicholas was reluctant to leave, so he immediately used his professional instinct as a reporter and asked in-depth questions, and finally got a glimpse of the full picture of the event.

For these game consoles, each person can get a different answer after entering the year -

Not exactly the same.

As for 1994, Nicholas has seen at least five versions. Some simply record the major events of that year, while others review the popular things of that year, easily awakening past memories.

Among them, the most interesting ones are pranks.

"Oh, sorry, nothing."

There's even a hand-drawn emoticon, a grimace, on the back.

Really! Soooooooooooo funny!

So that every bookmark is worth collecting.

There is an easter egg hidden here. Nicholas noticed that this game console can only be traced back to 1982. What does this mean?
The year Anson was born.

But Nicholas would rather believe that this should be the age of the male protagonist in "The Butterfly Effect", forming a perfect intertextuality from the movie to reality.

It’s unbelievable, how on earth did Anson come up with such a way of interaction?
And, that's not all.

In the parking lot, there are these game consoles; what about the telephone booths?
It didn't take long for Nicholas to understand the truth.

Surrounding.

All of them are movie peripherals! A movie premiere comparable to an anime convention!
It was an absolute surprise, Nicholas couldn't believe that he could see a subculture like comics invading the film world in Los Angeles in 2003!
Moreover, movie peripherals are more than just peripherals!

The whole activity is divided into two parts.

In each section, every audience member can receive a card for free. There are a total of ten stamps on the card. Every time they go to a telephone booth to watch a "Butterfly Effect" movie Easter egg, they can win a stamp.

The telephone booth is also set up according to time, showing small story clips from movies in different years, and you can see joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, in this way showing the relationship between movies and time.

After collecting ten stamps, you can finally get a "perfect stamp" at the entrance of Wilshire Theater -

This card itself is a peripheral product. Not only is it carefully designed, but each stamp also has a special meaning, not to mention the butterfly stamp at the end that is exclusive to the movie "The Butterfly Effect".

The other part is hidden in each telephone booth, where there is a capsule toy machine. You can play it once with a dollar coin. Each time, a capsule toy comes out, and there are surprise peripherals inside the capsule toy.

Including but not limited to key chains, erasers, brooches, refrigerator magnets, bookmarks, etc. Of course, they are not ordinary items, all of them are carefully designed supporting peripherals based on the movie.

There are two most special hidden rewards, one is a mini baseball signed by the leading actor, and the other is an Anson figurine.

There are three models of this small finger-sized doll, one of which is Anson's look in the movie, the other in a black suit at the Cannes Film Festival, and the other in which Anson is playing baseball.

In other words, every audience member who arrives at the premiere can freely choose how to open the party according to their own preferences.

They can participate for free, and at the end they can take home two pieces of movie peripherals as souvenirs of attending the movie premiere. These are also carefully designed special peripherals with collection value.

They can also purchase peripherals and collect a series of peripherals designed specifically for "Butterfly Effect". Whether it is a signed baseball or an Anson doll, these are undoubtedly valuable treasures, not to mention that the other peripherals in the capsule are equally interesting.

incredible!

Nicholas:…

Jaw-dropping and full of surprises.

Nicholas found that since the first time he met Anson, this young man always brought surprises, time and time again making his own experience useless, and opening the door to a whole new world in shock and impact.

In 2003, the movie peripheral market in North America was not prosperous, and people's impression of "movie peripherals" was Disney stuffed dolls.

Childish. Girly. Childish. Boring. Only a child would like this.

These stereotypes are still mainstream, and the peripheral products of Transformers, Barbie, and superhero movies already exist, but they are still subcultures.

Nicholas knew that Japan's peripheral market was very prosperous, including animation, movies, games, concerts, etc.; however, it was still limited to that palm-sized market, and had not yet been fully spread even in the surrounding countries and regions in East Asia, not to mention the North American continent across the Pacific Ocean.

Therefore, when Spider-Man was released, Sony Columbia never thought about making movie peripherals. Even now that the movie has been a huge success at the box office, they still don't pay attention to this market.

It's not that they don't know, after all, Sony's parent company is from Japan; it's that they think the North American market won't buy into this, so there's no need to spend energy on it.

However, now, the "butterfly effect" has set a precedent.

Surprise, 100% surprise.

Moreover, when Nicholas learned that there were hidden Easter eggs in the sequel, the storm in his mind could not be stopped at all.

There are actually five hidden surprises in the capsule, including a note with a "mischievous face". If you bring the note and a card with ten stamps to the entrance of the Wilshire Theatre to claim your reward, you can redeem a limited edition movie poster.

It also bears autographs from actors and directors, including Anson, of course.

The so-called hidden surprise means that the official has not explained it. If someone sees the "prank face" note but does not notice the words "surprise reward" on the back of the note and misses the opportunity to redeem the prize, then this poster cannot be redeemed.

In the end, only three people cashed in their rewards, and two posters did not.

After the fanatical fans learned about this, they emptied all ten gashapon machines, but still couldn't find the last two notes with the prank faces on them.

Surprises, one after another.

Easter eggs, one after another.

Nicholas finally realized that this was not like a premiere, but a carnival garden party, where everyone was partying and enjoying a wonderful night together -

Who can refuse?

(End of this chapter)