Chapter 66: Gains and Losses
After the passion, David and Susan hugged each other and told each other about their experiences.
Their conversation also solved the doubts in the audience's minds, it turned out that this seemingly frivolous and vulgar bar was the legacy left to her by Susan's father.
Her brother also disappeared for many years after participating in the Vietnam War because he could not adapt to a peaceful life.
Two years ago, by chance, the bandit leader Murphy met her, and was immediately attracted by her beauty, and always pestered her.
But in the past two years, no matter how hard Murphy tried, he never succeeded.
Until recently, he seemed to have gotten a little impatient, and even forced Susan repeatedly, and gave her an ultimatum that she had to agree to marry him before the end of the month.
Because of Murphy's relationship, Susan never had a boyfriend, because no one had the courage to rob a woman with Murphy.
David's experience was much simpler, as he was a private/marine, but after retiring from the army, he made the hike from the East Coast to Los Angeles in order to regain his childhood musical dreams.
But I didn't expect that so many unbelievable things happened when I first came here......
Although the next plot is simple, it firmly attracts the hearts of the audience because of the foreshadowing in front of it, and does not make them feel redundant or procrastinated.
In the end, when David returns to the bar with great difficulty, he tries to take Susan away and fly away, only to find that she is gone.
After asking the bartender, Susan mistakenly thinks that David has been arrested and wants to trade her happiness for his safety, and is in danger.
In order to save the woman he loved, David rode his motorcycle all the way and rushed to Murphy's villa at a critical moment to stop Susan, who wanted to do something stupid.
It turns out that Susan's brother Kevin is not missing, but is working with Murphy to sell drugs/products!
He and his old men worked hard in Mexico, while Murphy received their goods in Los Angeles and sold them at a high price for a huge profit.
In order to be able to steal all the stolen money, Murphy designed to kill Kevin and his men, and only the killer George was lucky to survive.
After George fled back to Los Angeles, he wanted to seek revenge on Murphy as soon as possible and get back the huge amount of money that belonged to them.
Unfortunately, he was discovered by Murphy's subordinates and was caught by the police during a conflict, so there was the incident at the beginning of the movie, the attack on the police station.
Knowing all the true thoughts, Susan tried to take the opportunity to get close to Murphy and kill him to avenge her brother, but was stopped by David, who rushed in.
At this time, the ambushed bandits swarmed in, and David and George had to join forces to resist, but because they were outnumbered, Susan fell into the hands of Murphy, and George was also shot and killed.
Out of jealousy, Murphy wants to kill David in front of Susan!
In order to protect her lover, Susan swooped forward desperately, using her body to block the bullet fired at David.
Eventually, a large number of police arrived, and David, although he killed Murphy, was devastated by Susan's death, and held her body in pain.
David's heartbroken scene instantly infected the audience below, many of whom shed tears for Susan's death, and the atmosphere in the theater became a little depressing.
Although the movie has ended, no one wants to leave.
They don't dare, and they don't want to believe, that such a girl who is like a flower and full of expectations for love dies like this.
But everyone has to admit that although the ending is a little unacceptable to them, this is a good movie that can shock their hearts.
Just like "People and Ghosts Are Not Over" at the beginning of the year, it deeply tugged at their heartstrings, and it was difficult to calm down for a long time.
Beautiful love fascinates them and makes them yearn for it.
But the tragic ending made them sad and crying.
Although everyone was still unsatisfied, the movie was over, and even if they didn't like this ending very much, they had no choice but to reluctantly leave the theater under the urging of the staff.
According to incomplete statistics, after the end of the two screenings that night, many people recommended the film to their relatives and friends.
As a result, early the next morning, countless couples flocked to the theater to see this touching movie.
But the three major theaters did not schedule films, so many people were dissatisfied, "It's really unimaginable, you don't have a film schedule for a movie with such a good reputation?"
"Looks like you don't have a good eye, let's go to another movie theater. β
"Why don't they schedule the film? There must be something shady in this!"
Many theater managers were overwhelmed, and they called the headquarters to ask about the latest film scheduling plan, and raised their own questions and dissatisfactions.
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After watching the premiere, Tang Feng and Cooper returned to their company.
He has to wait here for the day's screening data, although the last screening has not yet been completed, Tang Feng already has a preliminary estimate.
In this era, there was no concept of multiplex cinema.
Many theaters have only one screening hall, so unless it is a super blockbuster with a strong reputation, it is generally difficult to have a super high single-theater box office.
The theater he went to was not the largest theater owned by Kamaike, but it also had two theaters, one large and one small.
It's just a rough estimate, and even Tang Feng himself was almost frightened, "The theater was almost full of people just now, and the two halls should have almost 800 people combined, and there will be a box office of nearly 5,000 US dollars after one game!"
According to the manager of the theater, all the tickets for the next show have been sold out, so that the two shows will have a revenue of $10,000. β
"Even if all the other theaters were for 800 people, they would have earned $350,000 a night. β
"It seems that several theaters will be fully released tomorrow. At that time, even if it was only 70% of the data tonight, it was already a very good result!"
"Just talking about this theater, I'm afraid that after eight rounds of broadcasting a day, there will be at least a super high single-theater box office of more than 20,000!"
"Although the scale of several theaters is not very large, it can't be compared with the three major theater chains, but there are more than 500 theaters, right?"
"Oh my God, will there be tens of millions of box office tomorrow? That's really a lot of money!"
Although he is very optimistic about the prospects of the movie, Tang Feng also knows that this is just his wishful thinking, and the data of other theaters has not yet come out, and the specific situation will not be known until after the screening.
Waiting was always difficult, and when he had nothing to do, he chatted with Cooper, "Cooper, can you tell me what you think of the movie?"
Cooper shook his head and thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "The action is great, and the passion scene is not bad, but I don't like the ending." β
Tang Feng nodded, "Actually, at the beginning, I also thought about whether to make a happy ending, but in the end I gave up this idea." β
"A happy ending is certainly a pleasure, but I think it's a good ending, don't you see the audience's reaction?"
Cooper pursed his lips and replied distractedly: "See, everyone is very unhappy, because you played the beautiful heroine to death!"
Tang Feng: "......"
"What a guy who doesn't understand the amorous feelings, pick your stinky feet!"
"But what he said seems to have some truth, isn't this ending too cruel, and it would be better to have a happy ending?"
"But, wouldn't that fall into clichΓ©s? It's all the same routine, don't you really get tired of watching it?"
"I hope this ending doesn't have much impact on the movie, if it affects the box office, it won't be good. β
In the end, he is just a newcomer, and his lack of confidence is fully exposed at this time.
Even if he is ahead of his time, even if he has extraordinary ability, but a newcomer is a newcomer, and it is inevitable that there will be a kind of psychology of gain and loss at this time.
Whether the movie is good or not is not something that someone can say, and who can know the final result without the test of the market?
Along the way, although he has experienced a lot of things, in general, Tang Feng is still very lucky, he has not encountered any big trouble, and it can be said that he finished filming the movie smoothly.
And at this time, whether the movie can be recognized by the audience after its release is the biggest test for him.
Whether it is real gold or not, throw it into the fire and refine it, and you can see how much color it has!
If he survives, he will be able to successfully squeeze into Hollywood and become a real director worthy of the name, recognized by the market, and with Hollywood standards.
If he can't stand it, then even if he thinks the movie is good, it's just self-deception.
What made him a little confused was that after the film ended, although the audience was reluctant and unsatisfied, no one applauded.
This made him a little sad, probably because he was used to the lively scenes during the screening, and he was always haunted by this matter in his heart.
"Is this ending really not good enough?"
"Isn't it really more appealing to tell a story seriously than a pure business routine?"
"I don't know what the situation is in other places, but Harvey has invited a lot of film critics and professionals there, what is the situation on his side now?"
"Damn! the second game is almost over, why didn't he say to call me?"