Lance and Austin returned to the second floor, and the second floor was quiet, not only Angelina was nowhere to be seen, but even Darius had disappeared as if nothing had happened just now.

Lance entered the cloakroom instead of choosing any of the rooms. One is that two people entering the room alone are too conspicuous, and it is likely to be noticed by someone who cares; Second, there is not necessarily a spare room, but it is easy to bump into different good things - this is Oscar night.

On the contrary, the cloakroom is a good place to talk about things.

Although the cloakroom was full of people, it had already been more than two hours since Pai duì was sent to the party, and the cloakroom, which was used as a public occasion, had become a quiet place. The cloakroom of Oscar Night is not a small space, but a large room that can accommodate 80 people for a ball, with a Turkish carpet with ornate patterns on the floor, neatly hung coats on both sides, and a retro dark brown table in the center, with a transparent rectangular glass box on the top, which is the highlight of the night, the Golden Man Trophy:

All the Golden Man winners will temporarily place the trophies here, on the one hand, for storage, and to join the carnival party lightly; On the one hand, it is also a way for onlookers, and those who have not won the prize can make a special trip to the cloakroom to visit if they wish, of course, this is also a kind of show-off, a kind of encouragement, like a carrot placed in front of a mule.

Austin curiously looked around the cloakroom, but was disappointed, he didn't see any projection equipment, and he didn't see any film, which made him a little confused, how was Lance going to show him "Sin City"? Is it possible to make sketches on the spot?

Austin's eyes fell on Lance, who walked to the closet, found his coat, and then slipped something out of his inner pocket, "That's ...... Camera? Austin didn't know exactly what he was feeling, and was more confused — so was Lance going to show stills?

Lance walked up to Austin with his camera and gestured kindly to the bench in front of him, "Why don't we sit down?" This video is about three minutes long, and I think you need to enjoy it. The confident smile on Lance's face made Austin hesitate for a moment, but sat down anyway, and then Lance sat down across from him, "I know, it's not the best way to show it, but it's also more credible than relying on my more than hand-to-hand explanations." ”

If it is the era of smart phones, Lance can completely use mobile phones to play, which is much more convenient; In the age of digital film, Lance could even play the entire film directly on a smartphone. However, that would also affect the viewing quality of the movie, so a clip is the most suitable, and a digital camera is currently the most convenient, although the image quality is far from satisfying Lance.

Austin was a little stunned, he didn't know much about these high-tech gadgets, and this was a far cry from the film he knew, "Is it a trailer?" Austin secretly speculated.

However, Lance's subsequent words overturned Austen's thoughts, "It's the first three minutes of the movie. I know that watching it this way will inevitably affect the effect, but at least it can visually show the feeling of the movie. As he spoke, Lance found the footage from the Zài digital camera and handed it to Austin, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask." ”

Austin paused for a moment, hesitantly took the digital camera, and kept looking at Lance, trying to read more from his expression, but Lance just kept encouraging him to watch the video directly, and finally Austin could only withdraw his gaze, "Just press that play button." Lance's voice rang out, and Austin pressed his thumb step by step.

"It's actually black and white? Which city is this? This...... It's a cartoon, no, it's the style of a comic? The use of this color, wow! This visual impact...... Uh, what's wrong? What's going on? The thoughts in Austin's mind kept surging, and in just three minutes, he never stopped, and after the video was played, Austin subconsciously raised his head and looked at Lance, "This is the end?" And then? ”

Lance shrugged, "If you want, I'll go to meet you tomorrow with the finished film, and I hope the AMC review team will like it." Lance said confidently, "What's the rest of the story...... Remember 'Pulp Fiction'? Sin City takes a similar approach, we have four stories, and what you just saw is part of one of them. ”

"'Pulp Fiction.'" Austin muttered, as if trying to get more out of the simple words.

"So, how many theaters can AMC arrange for screenings?" Lance's voice woke Austin out of his thoughts, and Austin smiled kindly, "Lance, you know things don't work that way. There's no cunning, no ridicule, just honestly, "This movie is R-rated like 'Pulp Fiction'?" ”

Austin, who seems to be loyal and honest, looks sharp and sharp when he returns to his professional work. The first counterattack directly pointed out the key points of the problem. "But unlike Quentin, I don't show a lot of plasma, instead, I choose to use different colors to show the plasma, maybe even white." So, the visual impact is retained, but not so violent. ”

Austin nodded his chin slightly, "So, it's indeed R-rated." ”

Despite what Lance said, Austin was still unmoved. This made Lance laugh dumbly, and sure enough, such an honest person was more difficult to deal with, "I think, R-rated is not the point. The movie is extremely stylized, people who like it will fall into a frenzy, and nasty viewers won't even enter the cinema, so the R-rated shouldn't be part of our concern. Isn't it? ”

Austin fell into deep thought, thought about it for a while, and had to admit that Lance's words made sense. But this also begs another question, "Then you should also know that it is very difficult for such a stylized film to achieve box office success, right?" ”

"When 'The Passion of the Christ' was released, everyone said the same." Lance's counterattack made Austin open his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but Lance raised his hand to stop him, "I know, 'The Passion of the Christ' is a religious work, and the situation is very special, but I don't want to say that it is the final box office, but the film was also screened in 3,000 theaters on its opening weekend." I thought, 'Sin City' certainly can't go below that number, we're literally Disney's princess anime compared to 'The Passion of the Christ.'" ”

Lance's humor didn't make Austin smile, and he still said with a stern face, "Lance, I'm just the theater manager of the Los Angeles branch......"

"But it's also in charge of film censorship on the West Coast." Lance chimed in.

Austin paused, then nodded, "Yes, I'm also in charge of the West Coast's film review." But the problem is that I don't have the decision. It's not up to me to say how many theatrical screenings Sin City will get at AMC. ”

"I know. I'm not asking you to decide. Lance spread his hands and said lightly, "I just want to say, in your opinion, how many theaters AMC is willing to release Sin City." ”

"I need to watch the finished film before I can make a decision." Austin is still leaking, but Lance is unwilling to retreat, looking at Austin intently, the smile on the corner of his mouth has a force and deterrence that cannot be refused, as if to say, "You can't fool me, I'm also an expert." Austin remembered Diora Pictures, and could only relent, "Two hundred, at most." ”

When a movie is released in North America, the 3,000 venues are of course not the same theater, but are divided among the major theaters. For example, there are 700 rooms for Royal Entertainment, 600 rooms for AMC, and so on, and so on, and after adding them up, there are 3,000 theaters.

Lance smiled dumbly, "Two hundred? 1,800 screens, plus 12 a day? Austin, who seems to be loyal and honest, finally showed his shrewd side in his work, like a jackal, tiger and leopard, ruthlessly tearing a piece of meat from Chaos Pictures.

The minimum number of theaters in Sin City is 2,000, but Lance hopes to win 2,500 or even 3,000. AMC is the second largest cinema chain in North America, which also means that Lance must let AMC loosen its mouth to 500, or even 600 theaters, in order to have hope. But Austin actually opened his mouth to 200 rooms, as if when he was bargaining for something, he cut off ninety percent of the price as soon as he came up, which was really ruthless.

"Lance, I'm not kidding." Austin scratched his head in embarrassment and said honestly.

Lance didn't eat it, and said with a smile, "Austin, I'm not kidding. I think you're kidding me like I'm a monkey in a circus. ”

The movie theaters in the suburbs of Fairbanks are also called "one" theaters, and the Captain's Theater on Hollywood Avenue in Los Angeles is also called "one" theaters, and the quality of the same 200 theaters will be very different.

At the same time, a cinema is bound to have different scales due to different regions, showing on one screen of a cinema chain, only one a day, which is also a "one" cinema line, showing on twelve screens of a cinema chain, arranging twelve shows a day, which is also a "one" cinema chain. In fact, this is the so-called film scheduling rate in China.

Generally speaking, in order to maintain the diversity of films released in theaters, the United States will not be as dominant as China/China, even if it is a premiere work, the screen can only occupy 30% at most, in the case of a medium-sized movie theater, this is three to four screens, and the special situation of the summer file may be higher.

Lance's counterattack just now was clearly a protest against Austen's contempt, and he demanded almost 80 or 90 percent film scheduling, and it was full 24 hours a day. In this way, Lance expressed his dissatisfaction, and at the same time, he was also conveying his needs, "Seven hundred, Austin, I need seven hundred theaters, and at least two thousand screens." (To be continued.) )