Jason sat quietly in the movie theater, looking at the subtitles on the big screen slowly scrolling upward, and did not move for a long time, and there was an extremely excited discussion behind him, "God, this is simply amazing!" I wanted to watch it a second time right away, and oh my God, I couldn't close my mouth at all, and I forgot a lot of details! ”

"Yes, yes, you say, the killer appeared again in the end, does it mean anything? Why don't they take matters into their own hands to deal with traitors and pay for killers? ”

"Do you know it's the prostitutes who hired the killers? Maybe it's something else? ”

"I don't think this means that the underground world is formed, and everyone has to act according to the rules and regulations. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info You can kill people if you want to, but you have to have a license. So the prostitutes/women also hired professional killers, as if it were the opening. It also means that the prostitutes are following the scale of Sin City. ”

"I still have a murder license, and I still have 007."

The discussion behind him gradually drifted away, and the group of young people shared their opinions word by word, obviously the viewing was over, but the reflection had just begun. Raising his head slightly, he could see that the couple sitting diagonally in front of him was still staying in place and not moving, which reminded Jason of the couple in front of him when he watched "Sahara Cavalry" just now, taking advantage of the darkness of the movie theater, all the time making love, from beginning to end, as if the movie theater was the best tryst. Jason couldn't help but think of a long, long time ago when movie theaters lured couples by showing B-movie movies.

Ironically, the San Francisco Chronicle referred to Sin City as a B-movie movie. But the couple is not making out in front of them.

The girl asked curiously, "Why did Sin City become like this, doesn't the government/government care, even the superheroes?" Is there no justice left in this city? ”

But the boy next to her looked at him excitedly, "How did you say Lance filmed it?" Why is the contrast so strong? Why does the whole thing feel like a comic, but it's so different from a comic? How did you get those intense colors? ”

The girl punched the boy twice speechlessly, "Don't you think there's a lot more to the movie than the picture?" ”

The two of them were just talking about it, maybe there were disagreements, maybe there were disagreements, but it was certain that after the two people finished watching the movie, their brains began to spark.

Not only the rest of the audience, but also Jason himself, the stirring and reflection in his mind could not be stopped. This reminded Jason of the "Sahara Cavalry" movie a few hours ago, because he had already seen the finished film, so he had more time to observe the reactions of the other audiences, but the result was disappointed, there were indeed a small number of viewers watching the movie intently, and occasionally you could hear sparse chuckles, but there were too few such moments, more often, the audience was either talking to each other, or the sound of popcorn and Coke continued, and he even saw several people fall asleep.

Jason tried to enlighten himself, the quality of the audience is uneven, it is inevitable that this situation will occur, this is also a long-standing problem in the cinema, just now no one called or left the theater early during the movie, which is already a blessing. But the viewing process of "Sin City" shattered all of Jason's illusions.

Ups and downs, exclamations, and preoccupation. The tension of holding your breath could be felt throughout the screening room, during which someone answered a phone call, only to be greeted by the audience and leave the screening room in a gloomy manner.

The gap, this is the gap, it's incomparably real, incomparably profound, incomparably cruel. Not to mention the contrasting attendance, "Sin City" was full of attendance, and the 100% attendance was staggering; The "Saharan cavalry" had less than 30 percent attendance, and the huge disparity was simply miserable.

Jason suddenly remembered a little thing, a very small thing, it was still in London, he forgot whether it was 1996 or 1997, a group of them went to the screening room to see a movie, not the latest movie, but the kind of nostalgic scene where old movies were shown, that day they were watching a crudely made independent film, no name, and the specific content is not clear, but they watched it very happily, and laughed heartlessly.

At that time, Lance's date casually asked a question, "What's your favorite movie?" I mean, aside from professional issues such as the depth of the film and the quality of the work, just just liking it can really make you happy. The first movie that comes to your mind right now. ”

Jason doesn't remember the face of Lance's date anymore, but he does remember her answer, "Golden Jade League", a cliché but irrefutable answer; And Lance's answer at that time was beyond everyone's expectations, he originally thought that Lance would say "walk with me", and all of them knew that it was the opportunity to really make Lance fall in love with the movie, but Lance said an unbelievable answer, none of them had heard the name of the movie at that time, and everyone's face was confused.

Now, Jason inexplicably remembered that answer, and looking at the big screen in front of him, he finally began to understand the meaning of that answer, but it was too late.

"Dream chasing pure heart". That's Lance's answer.

Ryan stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, surrounded by silence, as if the whole world had fallen silent, and the extraordinary silence gave the illusion of an end of the world, as if the whole world was alone. Looking at the prosaic scene outside through the floor-to-ceiling windows, the low bungalows, the golden sunlight, the lush bushes, the busy traffic, everything is so ordinary, there are no imaginary stormy waves, no imaginary swords, no imaginary thrills, even the air has not become more tense, life still goes on.

Only he knows that this is the final battle.

"Sahara Cavalry" has been released, the premiere has been completed, all the efforts have been done, all the hole cards have been revealed, and success or failure is here. They don't need good reviews from the media – of course, it's always good if the media reviews do well, but what they need more is the box office, and waiting for the response from the film market, waiting for the audience's reaction to the film, and the box office numbers for the premiere will be a good start. If not......

The final decisive battle, unlike the movie staged, is tense, frightened, and step by step, in real life, the "end" often comes inadvertently, and more often than not, I don't even realize that the matter is over, birth is like this, and death is like this. Life is like this.

The tide rises and falls, silently.

Once, he was always excited about the final battle, and he liked the life-and-death tension of competing for a final winner. The winners enjoyed all the cheers, while the losers were remembered by no one. For example, the Super Bowl, for example, the Football World Cup, for example, Western movies.

He still remembers the day when Roger Davis officially announced the news of the equity transaction to Lance, he carefully prepared his manners, and even designed his actions of sitting in front of the computer, and then constantly deduced the direction of the situation in his mind, fantasizing about Lance's possible reaction. Just repeating that process in his head can make him extremely happy; With his eyes closed, he could still see Lance's eyes in despair with anger, and his whole body became fragmented, and Lance's embarrassment and grandeur pleased him, because it made him look like a victor.

He thought it was the final battle, a decisive battle that divided the two men into two completely different ranks, one heavenly and one underground.

There was no resemblance between today and that day, and the scene of that day was still vivid in his mind, as if he had witnessed a tornado hitting a tall building, magnificent, shocking, surging; But today everything was so calm that it seemed as if he could forget it tomorrow, and he even forgot whether he had breakfast today.

He now finally knew that "that day" was not the final battle, and that the matter was far from over; So, isn't "today"? Or is "today" just another ordinary day, with nothing special about it?

"Knock", the knock broke the silence, "come in." Ryan said, and then heard his secretary's voice, "Ryan, Friday's box office estimate has come out." ”

Generally speaking, the cinema will make an estimate of the box office of the day based on the real-time data of ticket sales, as well as the data of advance tickets, and the closer to midnight in the evening, the more accurate the data. Friday box office data can often infer the direction of the box office throughout the weekend, which may not be 100% accurate, but the reference value is very high.

"Where's Tucker?" Ryan turned around and took over the data, and Tucker was usually in charge of this piece.

The secretary shrugged, "He didn't come to the company today." Then he turned and left, closing the door of his room.

Ryan thought his hands would tremble, but he didn't; Ryan thought the envelope in his hand would be extremely heavy, but he didn't; Ryan thought he would hesitate, and he didn't. He picked up the data and read it from top to bottom, it was the statistics of seven states on the West Coast, and the data on the East Coast obviously needed a little more time.

The box office figures for the seven West Coast states are currently $1.8 million. Not eighteen million, but one hundred and eighty million, and Ryan counted the "zeros" after the numbers three times. At the end of the data, the exhibitors estimate that the Friday box office of "Sahara Cavalry" should be around 5.5 million.

Therefore, this is indeed the final decisive battle, because it is very likely that this will be the last chance for Diorama Pictures to perform, and it will end in the crushing defeat of the "Saharan cavalry". There is no difference between victory and defeat on thin ice, there is no last-minute danger, and there is no suspense moment...... It seems that the answer has emerged from a long, long time ago, but he refuses to admit it, and now he must face the end that in the end, it has come. (To be continued.) )