The middle-aged ticket seller heard that two beautiful Asian girls asked for 8 movie tickets for "Black Heroes" at a time. He was a little surprised and dutifully checked the ticket sales system to report the number of appearances. There was one at 8:15. After confirming it again, he collected the money and issued the tickets quickly.

“Happy movie viewing.”

Finally, with a formulaic polite sentence, I saw off the two girls, and the middle-aged ticket seller began to welcome the guests later.

This is a young white guy who was dressed clearly and slightly treated when he was wearing it. With the middle-aged ticket seller's sharp eyes, he could tell at a glance that the other person should be on a date tonight, and his girlfriend was probably buying popcorn. Based on recent experience, he felt that the guy was probably going to watch "Romeo and Juliet".

This time I guessed wrong.

Or, guess half right.

The young man really asked for two tickets, but it was still "Black Hero".

When the other party was sent away again, the middle-aged ticket seller looked at the scene information on the computer screen and found that at 8:15, the 120-person screening room actually sold 103 tickets. In particular, the ticket seller cut the "Ultimate Laughing Detective" released yesterday, which was released at the same time. The same show at 8:15, the same medium-sized screening room with 120 people. Only 87 tickets were sold during the prime time of Saturday at 8:00 on Saturday.

Although it is just an ordinary ticket seller at the multi-hall theater of AMC Cinema, which opened two years ago, middle-aged people still know some recent anecdotes in the circle.

Most theaters actually don't want the movie "Black Man".

This is the summer season.

If it is January, February or September, it’s fine. For a popular schedule like the summer season, what’s the point of getting a Hong Kong movie that looks very cheap?

What's more, it's not Jack Cheng.

Who is Jet Lee?

Another point is that there is not even a European and American face in this movie, which will inevitably make American audiences even more exclusion. As for kung fu, well, this is indeed a selling point, but there are actually not many kung fu elements in this movie, but they tend to be a gunfight film. In short, if you want to play "Black Man", you might as well add a few more screens to "Mummy".

Although I think so, major theaters finally opened a total of more than 1,000 canvases for "Black Man". Because Daenerys Entertainment is too strong at the moment. If you don't want "Black Man", then do you want "Mummy", "Mission Impossible 2", and do you want "007 Ghost Party"?

All right.

This is actually the package sale that was explicitly prohibited by the Paramount Act, but many things have always been based on policies and countermeasures.

It is prohibited to sign distribution agreements with theaters to package multiple movies, so you can only talk about them one by one, right?

Then let’s talk about it one by one.

But if you think "Black Man" is not good and don't want to give me a canvas, then I also think you are not sincere enough to not give you a copy of "Mummy".

Um.

Not suitable for not giving.

It's easy to sue.

Then give less and you will be fine.

You need 200 copies, I will only give you 100 copies, and the remaining 100 yuan on the screen will continue to play "Evaporation Secret Order". Others have 15,000 copies, and yours has 1,000 copies.

Tsk.

Speaking of which, the three movies, "Mummy", "Mission Impossible 2" and "007's Ghost Party", are not even distributed by Daenerys Entertainment, but Daenerys Entertainment can use these three blockbusters as bargaining chips. Who dares not to obey such power?

Therefore, "Black Man" is not only unable to refuse, but it cannot even be secretly stuffed into the small hall perfunctorily, and the theater posters that should be given must not be missing.

Now it seems that the movie is not as bad as I thought.

However, the middle-aged AMC Cinema ticket seller who kept sending movie tickets on busy weekends and nights still felt that it was inappropriate, but it was inappropriate. This may not be cracked for a long time in the future. Major theaters are more likely to continue to tilt more resources towards the films produced by Daenerys Entertainment.

Good or bad.

Then.

The stronger the stronger.

On the other side of the cinema, the eight girls who got the movie tickets found a screening room on the third floor and entered the venue directly.

Unlike the streets outside, people started to come forward to chat with each other during the waiting break after entering the cinema.

When girls think of a certain man, they are inevitably fearless. They are not as tempted as new immigrants. The two maids also play a good role in blocking their way. In addition, they find that the clothes on a group of girls are expensive, and they are not too entangled by the rapporter. After being rejected, they will be tactful and walk away.

When the lights in the screening hall were dim, there were a few patch advertisements first.

The girls who gathered together and sat in the front and back rows were also very interested in this, although most of them couldn't understand it.

Soon, the main film of "Black Man" began.

After the label's logo, the opening scene was a fierce action scene. Jeter Lee fought fiercely and broke through the siege. The Chinese and English title of "Black Man" appeared on the screen.

Li Youhu, who sat between Chi Jianjia and a waitress named Katie Roderick, watched it with great interest. She is the type that can afford to watch movies and also have video recorders in China. However, there are not many film sources in China, not to mention that the effects of this AMC theater, which has only been open for two years, are far from comparable to those in China.

As for the film itself.

For North American movie fans, they can see the rich cheap B-level film style at a glance, and Li Youhu doesn't think it's inappropriate, after all, they are used to these things.

However, the subsequent literary drama made Li Youhu quickly start to get distracted.

Because I can't understand it, I can't guess it even if I want to guess it right, because the original version is in Cantonese.

I can only probably understand that the Black Hero, played by Jet Lee, has become a library administrator, has a good relationship with colleagues, and has a police friend.

So I couldn't help but look around.

Chi Jianjia looked at it very seriously.

All right.

An annoying academic master.

Li Youhu knew that Chi Jianjia had a good family background. Before getting this job, she was a senior student at the Shanghai Theatre Dance Academy. She was 21 years old this year. She has not only danced for more than 10 years, but also had excellent cultural skills. Although she has gone abroad now, she still locked in her graduation diploma in advance.

In fact, none of the 100 girls selected from hundreds of thousands of resumes were simple.

Excellent dance knowledge base.

Others are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Li Youhu even vaguely thought about it in private, and she and Chen Xingwei were probably the two at the bottom, as if they had only got this job after leaving the back door.

Um.

There is a problem.

On the other hand, Katie Roderick certainly understood, but he was obviously not interested in the film.

Seeing Li Youhu looking over, Katie also withdrew her gaze and smiled at her.

Katie is Li Youhu's designated waitress.

Li Youhu also smiled, turned his body a little, and asked in Chinese: "Katie, what do you think?"

The maids and guards in the manor have received Chinese training, and daily conversations are basically fine.

"It's OK, I don't like it very much, Ellie may be more interested."

Katie replied that the name of Alice was Alisa Camuel, who was Chen Xingwei's designated female guard. To be precise, it should be the standard match between Li Youhu and Chen Xingwei. Alice is the standard female guard of the Wei Family from the MCSS training base of the Ohio training base of the Wei Family Furniture Army. She is a girl with a very tough temperament. She is very proficient in fighting and guns.

This time, the other one who followed the six girls to guard the house, was also a female guard.

However, because she had been repeatedly told to pay special attention to the safety of the girls in advance, Katie, who had also received professional firearm training, also brought a gun.

Li Youhu listened to Katie's concise Chinese with obvious accent, and knew that it was impossible to continue chatting deeply, so he had to turn to the big screen again and quietly pay attention to the reactions of the audience around him.

After all, as a girl said before entering the venue, Jeter Lee's movie could be released in the United States, which is also a way to win glory for the country. Li Youhu has a lot of feelings. She doesn't understand the twists and turns of the schedule of this movie. Even if the theater has more than 80% attendance at this time, it doesn't quite understand what it means.

However, she noticed that as the plot progressed, or the voices of amazement were heard in the theater, she was still sure that these foreigners probably liked this movie quite a bit.

So I inevitably feel a little pride.

At the end of the movie, Li Youhu continued to walk out of the screening room with Chi Jianjia's arm in his arms. Listening to the enthusiastic discussions of the people around him, he was still quite satisfied even though he didn't understand a few words in the 90 minutes just now.

Several other white young men passed by the girls. They spoke before the movie started, but they didn't bother with them after being rejected. At this time, they still looked at them without concealingly and deliberately raised their voices, obviously trying to attract attention. Unfortunately, they couldn't make it work until both sides walked away.

Li Youhu was very disdainful of these young people's showing off. Seeing Chi Jianjia having a smile on her face, she asked, "What did they just say?"

"They say "The Black Man" is more exciting than Arnold Schwarzenegger's "Evaporation Order."

"Schwarzenegger, I know, I've seen both "Terminator" and "Evaporation" and his latest movie?"

Chi Jianjia raised her hand and pointed to a poster on the inside wall of the theater: "That's it. Actually, the main thing is that they also said that the production cost of "Evaporation Secret Order" is $100 million, and "Black Man" may not even be 10 million."

Li Youhu glanced at the poster on the wall. It was obvious that Schwarzenegger's photo was not recognized in other English, but he was proud: "It's amazing to defeat 10 million by 10 million. However, 100 million US dollars in movies are equivalent to more than 800 million yuan, which is too luxurious."

Chi Jianjia smiled and said, "Actually, the box office of "Black Man" is definitely not as good as "Evaporation Secret Order", but the movie can be released in North America, which is already very impressive."

"Anyway, I must be on the side of "Black Man".

Li Youhu and Chi Jianjia were chatting like this, but they didn't know that the topics of the two happened to fit a argument that has quickly emerged in recent days.

It spreads rapidly on the Internet.

The general direction is that "The Black Man" from the other side of the ocean is even better than "The Evaporation Secret Order" which costs $100 million.

A famous film critic from the New York Times said on his Facebook: "The Black Man" may be rough for the same popcorn commercial film, but there are many remarkable points in gunfights and fight scenes. In comparison, "Evaporation Secret Order" is like a dull giant, clumsy and boring.

This view was recognized by many people for a time.

The popularity of "Black Man" has increased again.

Moreover, it just so happened that the villains used pulse weapons in the final battle between "Black Man" and "Evaporation Secret Order". Due to the cost, the pulse weapons in "Black Man" look like to be a toy, while the pulse weapons in "Evaporation Secret Order" are undoubtedly much more professional. However, compared with the two plots, the pulse weapons in "Black Man" are both thrilling and exciting. "Evaporation Secret Order", except for Schwarzenegger grinning and pulling steel bars from his thigh, nothing else could leave much impression on people.

The sudden rise of discussion is of course the result of the behind-the-scenes operation of the "Black Man" distribution team.
To be continued...