Section 25: Screening

Lotte Matt supermarket closes at 10 p.m. and starts at 9:30 p.m.

The follow-up work was done, the relevant meat was pulled to the cold storage to be frozen, and then the ice cubes on the outside booth were cleaned up, and Duane waited for work.

The news that Du An invited her to watch a movie made Xu Ruyan walk back and forth like chicken blood, and there was no moment to rest, which made Du An's eyes dizzy. I finally waited until the light music in the supermarket stopped, and the announcer announced that I was off work on the radio, and I was finally able to leave.

The cinema that Ruixing Film and Television talked about has two theaters in Nanyang City, one is Lumière International Cinema in Xuanwu District, and the other is Shangxinhe Cinema in Jianye District.

The distance is not far, and it is more than a mile and less than two miles to walk over, so Du An's plan to walk over it, spending more than ten minutes at most, and not delaying the screening.

Xu Ruyan naturally had no opinion-she even wished that the two of them would start from Xuanwu District and cross the two districts and go to Jianye District, and it would be good to walk for one night.

After arriving at the studio, you can see that there are a lot of promotional posters in the hall, and the most prominent position is the blockbuster "Big Man" that is now being released.

When chatting with Shu Yu today, Du An's also heard a little news about this movie: his family five hundred years ago, directed by the great director Du Qifeng, starring Liu Dehua and Zhang Baizhi, a complete blockbuster, has won more than 50 million box office in four days of release, today is Friday, and it will usher in the weekend soon, and it is estimated that there is no pressure on the box office to break through 100 million this week.

In the left rear of "The Big Man" is the promotional poster of "Chainsaw", according to Duane's construction, the poster uses a white background, with a broken foot that is still dripping blood, and the four raised words "Chainsaw" in the lower right corner, you can see that it is a horror movie at a glance, and there is also an advertising slogan written next to it: No one can guess the ending. As for who the specific actors are? The poster is completely plastered with stills.

This is because there is not a single famous actor in the movie, so none of the stills of the leading actors have been pasted, and the names of the directors and leading actors are also smaller, and they can't be seen clearly if they don't come up to see it.

Du An's look at the promotional poster of "Chainsaw" and pondered: According to the Fang brothers' previous stalker's style of acting, he thought that even if "Chainsaw" could be released, the treatment would be very poor, but now it can be seen from this poster alone that Fang Liyong is really attentive - just behind "The Big Man", this position can't be taken down without care.

made a decision on the spot, was able to decisively put aside his personal feelings in the face of interests, and quickly accepted the reality and changed his position, which impressed him. After thinking about it, Duane smiled again: Although there is a family relationship in it, but no matter what people say, they have climbed to the position of the manager of the distribution department, and there is no real material to say it?

"I've heard people say this movie is good!"

Xu Ruyan was a little excited, pointing to the poster of "Big Man" and shouting softly.

There were still a lot of people in the midnight party, and several young men around were attracted by this soft and pleasant voice, and looked at them, but as soon as they saw the face and size of this good man, the young men immediately turned their heads with lightning speed, and pretended not to see anything.

Xu Ruyan continued: "Shall we watch this one? But I heard that this movie is a little scary in the back......" As he spoke, he frowned, and pressed his right index finger to his lip, looking distressed.

Seeing this good man make a little daughter posture in front of him, Duane felt sick to his stomach, but he still smiled and said, "No, it's watching that." ”

He pointed to the Saw poster behind him.

"Horror movie!"

Xu Ruyan said angrily, looking scared, but there was a flame of excitement flashing in her eyes, "People are afraid~"

Duane's stomach was even more uncomfortable, and he suddenly regretted taking Xu Ruyan to watch a movie today.

But they all came, and it was obviously not like to talk about going again, so they didn't say anything, touched their noses, and found a place to sit down with Xu Ruyan.

There was still half an hour before the screening, and after sitting for a while, Xu Ruyan went to the toilet.

No sooner had she left than a man not far from them suddenly shouted to him, "Hey, buddy!", and Duane looked to him as a young man in his early twenties.

"Blessed to have found such a superb girlfriend!"

The young man gave a thumbs up, squeezed his eyebrows, and couldn't stop smiling on his face, and hugged his girlfriend next to him as he spoke.

His girlfriend is not beautiful, but she is obviously not a grade taller than Xu Ruyan.

His girlfriend couldn't help but smile, looking at Duane, he felt a little pity in his heart: a very handsome young man, although he didn't look very well dressed, but he wouldn't be looking for such a girlfriend, right?

Du quietly looked at them for a while, and suddenly said, "Oh, yes? Thank you, I also think she is very cute." ”

The young man and his girlfriend seemed to have been suddenly choked by the throat, and the smile froze on their faces, and they turned their heads away with a sneer, no longer teasing Duane, whispering, and glancing over from time to time.

Duane faintly heard words like "blind."

He shook his head and didn't say anything.

Xu Ruyan came back soon, and as soon as he sat down, he noticed the eyes of the couple from time to time.

"You know them?"

Xu Ruyan asked Duan.

Duane shook his head, "I don't know." As he spoke, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled a strand of messy hair from Xu Ruyan's forehead behind his ear.

"My hair is messed up. ”

Xu Ruyan was stunned, and it was not until Du An's hand was withdrawn, he sat up straight and looked up at the movie billboard boredly, his face turned red, he lowered his head, and his right hand pulled the corner of his clothes, as if he was going to turn his clothes into twists.

The couple was dumbfounded.

Duane sighed inwardly.

He is not a fool, and after this period of time, he naturally saw that Xu Ruyan was interesting to him, but he was not "gay" after all......

He did that just now, just to earn some face for Xu Ruyan because he was not angry at the ridicule of the couple, but he didn't know whether he was doing it wrong or right - if he did this, would it make Xu Ruyan fall into it?

Duane thought about it for a long time, but before he could come up with an answer, it was ten forty-five.

It's time to enter.

and Xu Ruyan went to check the tickets, entered the venue, found a place to sit down, and after watching the promotional videos of several movies, finally there were sporadic audiences entering.

Coincidentally, the couple just now happened to be sitting in front of them.

I don't know if it was midnight, the staff began to doze off, and before the screening started, all the lights in the hall went out, only the light on the screen flickered, and it looked black and oppressive, so the couple didn't notice that the person sitting behind them was the person they were talking about.

“…… Do you think that man has a brain disease, how did he find such a woman? Oh, no, can it still be considered a woman?......

This girlfriend is still entangled in this matter, chattering endlessly.

Her boyfriend listened to it for a long time, but he was a little annoyed - your girlfriend kept talking to you about another man - interrupted her, "Okay, what are you doing with so much other people's affairs?"

The girlfriend raised her eyebrows and was about to get angry, but she heard several coughs from behind. turned her head to see that it was the male protagonist sitting behind her by the light of the screen, and immediately closed her mouth, turned around and sat still obediently.

Du An looked at Xu Ruyan beside him.

Under the white light of the screen, she was bowing her head and expressionless, but Duane could easily see sadness and inferiority in her eyes.

Duane patted her on the shoulder, and when she turned her head in confusion, he encouraged, "I think you're cute." ”

Xu Ruyan smiled reluctantly, "Thank you." ”

Duane tapped her on the shoulder again and sat up straight.

"Let's watch a movie. ”

Some things can only be faced by yourself, and others can't help you much.

The movie begins.

At first it was pitch black, and it was hard to understand whether this was the beginning or not, and then a point of light appeared.

Through the swimming of the light spots, you can see a face soaked in water in the darkness.

The point of light swam out of the camera, and by the time the camera recaptures it, it has swam to the person's ankle. Through the little bit of light emitted by the point of light, the ankle could be seen locked in shackles.

The camera flashed to the face of the man who was soaked in the water - this time the light was on, and in the dim tones, the whole face of the man could finally be seen clearly.

He suddenly woke up, struggled violently, and with his footsteps, unplugged the bathtub, and the light that had appeared at the beginning rushed down the drain, and the man also crawled out of the tub, coughing incessantly.

The movie has officially begun.

Will they be as fond of it as the passers-by at the Great Bright Cinema?

Duane's eyes were fixed on the screen, but the question was pondered in his mind.

"We should have seen 'The Hunk,'"

The boyfriend in the couple in front of him watched it for a while and complained: "There are Liu Dehua and Zhang Baizhi in "Big Man", and I see two people in this movie, and I don't know any of them. ”

The girlfriend seemed to have been frightened by Duane who was sitting in the back just now, and now her voice was much quieter, and she suppressed her voice and said: "Then you go to watch "The Big Man", I want to watch this anyway - Ah Ying said that she saw this movie when she went to Shanghai last month, and it was very good. ”

The boyfriend muttered twice, but after all, he still couldn't let go of his girlfriend, so he had to sit there and continue watching.

After a few more moments, he stopped talking.

Du An looked at Xu Ruyan next to her: she was watching the movie seriously. Then Duane continued to look elsewhere, and watched it all three hundred and sixty degrees, and by the way, he counted how many viewers there were by the light of the screen, and after counting, he felt really pitiful.

Counting him and Xu Ruyan, there are only nineteen viewers in total, and this is still in Lumière Cinema in Xuanwu District, and the more remote Shangxinhe Cinema in Jianye District should have fewer numbers.

But thankfully, a little more than half of the movie has passed, and not a single viewer has left.

The theater was silent, and the movie continued to be shown.

After the foreshadowing in the early stage, this horror film slowly began to show its hideous face.

Jiang Wei comforted his uneasy daughter, and after leaving home late at night, his daughter went back to sleep alone, but she couldn't sleep like just now, and always felt that there was someone in her room. As she slowly casts her gaze on the wardrobe that most disturbs her, a sudden close-up of her pupils startles a crowd.

"Oh!" "!" "Do you want to scare people to death!"

Duane heard uncivilized whispers coming from all directions.

Xu Ruyan's body also stiffened suddenly, and she clung to the handrail.

Duane seemed to hear the sound of the fragile handrail cracking—presumably auditory hallucinations.

The projectionist couldn't hear the audience's cursing, so the film continued to show.

When Jiang Wei was talking on the phone in the underground parking lot, there were cars everywhere, he was the only one, and the background was made in an old-fashioned and dilapidated style, the atmosphere was terrifying, and the background music gradually intensified, which hooked the audience's hearts a little bit. Just as they were each guessing in their minds when the situation would happen, a guy dressed as a monster suddenly appeared in the camera and pounced!

This time the swearing was not so loud - the hearts of those audience members were still pounding, and they couldn't curse for a while.

The story continues.

After Jiang Wei finished recalling, Han Sheng began to recall: he remembered that he was washing film in the dark room last night, and suddenly heard a strange noise outside. He originally wanted to get a flashlight for lighting, but the flashlight ran out of power, so he had to pick up the camera at hand, carefully go out to investigate, and slowly paced out step by step.

In this series of shots, the light has been very dim and uncomfortable, and when Han Sheng went out with the camera, he could hardly see anything, and the theater fell into darkness.

People are born with a fear of the dark, and with this kind of shot, coupled with the eerie background music, most people already know that the horror plot is coming—and they don't know when that moment will come, so they are even more frightened, and their adrenaline surges.

But these guys who dared to watch a horror movie at midnight were all a group of bold guys, so none of them were so frightened that they closed their eyes and didn't watch it, but they all stared at the screen with wide eyes, fear and expectation.

"Who's there, get out of here!"

Han Sheng suddenly shouted.

The theater had been quiet before, filled with a terrifying atmosphere, Han Sheng's shout suddenly broke the strange tranquility, making the audience's hearts first mention it and then relax, and some people couldn't help but scold: "This stupid ......"

Before he finished scolding, Han Sheng pressed the camera, and the flash lit up.

A little light in the darkness is always the most eye-catching, especially the light of this flash is so strong that it immediately attracts everyone's attention, and then they see a monster suddenly pounce on them from the screen!

So the hearts of these people who had just put it down were immediately grabbed, as if they were being grabbed and lifted up violently, and almost flew out of their throats!

"Puff"

Duane followed the prestige and saw a man in the past six positions in his row rolling to the ground in fright.

The guy who scolded the stupid X, and the next word couldn't be scolded after all - the guy was already so frightened that he was slumped back in his chair, holding one hand on his chest and panting, his heart beating at a speed of 140 per second.

The couple in front of Duane was even more outrageous: the man's back was pressed against the back of the chair, his head was tilted, Duane could hear his heavy breathing, and his girlfriend threw herself into his arms, shivering.

"A-Ying, bastard...... It scared the hell out of me......"

The girlfriend's voice was a little crying.

"Don't be afraid...... Not afraid ......"

Her boyfriend comforted, but he didn't know that his own voice was shaking.

The only one in the theater who wasn't frightened was probably Duane - on the contrary, he was frowning.

Why was there such a big reaction? When it was screened in the open space next to the Daguang Cinema a month ago, the audience did not have such an exaggerated reaction.

After thinking about it for a long time, he finally came to a conclusion: probably because it was daytime on the day of the big light, and it was on the side of the street, and the audience was gathered together, and under the group, the fear of the single person would be alleviated a lot. And now in the dark movie theater, there are still so few people, and it is so quiet, if you concentrate on watching the movie, it seems that you are the only one in the entire theater, and the fear will naturally be magnified, and the effect will naturally be many times better.

In this way, the movie really needs to be watched in the cinema to fully experience the fun......

Duane thought about it, came back to his senses, looked at the frightened audience around him, and suddenly laughed.

Look, how frightened are these people by him?

Manipulating the audience's feelings, making them cry and cry, making them laugh and laugh, this is probably the fun of movies, right?

He seems to be getting more and more fond of making movies.