The dispute before the premiere was resolved without a trace by Ingrid Bergman's angelic smile.

"It is said that women are always more powerful than guns, and I am convinced of this." Bernarno said in the tone of a passerby.

"It's not too early, it's time to start." Nicholas Zink shook his watch and said to Victor.

"I counted it, and the attendance rate of our theater is 90%, which is not bad." Leo and Zinke mean the same thing.

"Aha! I'm in! Hit! Miss Bergman, I won the third prize! Someone in the audience burst into a loud shout, which immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

I saw an elderly man in tattered clothes, holding a movie ticket, dancing at the redemption number at the entrance of the ticket hall.

"Third prize, $10,000!? My God! “

"Really?"

……

The crowd was talking.

Victor glanced at Leo, who walked over and inspected the scratch area of the film in the old man's hand on the spot, examined it carefully, and nodded to Victor.

"Claim your prize." Victor took a deep breath.

Over there, a stack of $10,000 was neatly handed to the old man, and the old man held it in front of him, ecstatic.

"Thank you, Miss Bergman! Thank you Legendary Pictures! Thank! Now my grandchildren don't have to sleep on the streets anymore! The old man bowed deeply in Victor's direction.

"The Virgin Mary, it turned out to be true! There really is so much money. ”

"I knew I would have bought more!"

"It's not too late!"

……

The crowd went crazy.

$10,000 in 1940, what kind of concept, buying a house is enough.

"I just sold a few tickets, and someone took away 10,000 US dollars, and I can't make ends meet." Anthony this is called a distress.

"Look a little bigger. Leo, bring Miss Bergman up to the second floor, Uncle Anthony, and start showing the movie. Uncle John, you come too. Victor said.

Everyone turned around and entered the cinema, and it was exactly eight o'clock in the evening, the doors of the cinema were open, and the premiere officially began.

Cinema on the second floor. As soon as he entered, John Ford turned around Jali Cooper: "What's the matter, Clark Weishenme didn't come?!" ”

Cooper smiled bitterly twice: "You don't know his temper, when did you miss the promise of something?" He didn't come, and it wasn't Meyer's son of a bitch. ”

"I think I probably figured it out." Victor understood at once.

"This bastard!" Leo was furious.

Nicholas Zink lit a cigarette: "It's really like Meyer's method, almost exactly the same as the one many years ago, when I was completely planted in his hands." ”

"If Clark doesn't come, it's bad to get out, and it must be said that we deceived the audience." John Ford muttered.

"Clark is helpless when he thinks about it, this kind of thing can't be forced to others. Mr. Cooper, you just said outside that Clark had something ready, what was it? Victor said.

"Clark recorded a roll of film, you will know before the film is released." Jali Cooper was very righteous: "Clark can't come, but he's definitely responsible." ”

"That'll do." Vic couldn't take care of it so much, and looked at the hall outside, where there was a crowd of people.

"Anthony, tell Sean to start as originally scheduled." Victor rubbed his temples: "I'm really afraid of long nights and dreams." ”

A group of people in the room went downstairs, and John Ford walked in Zuihou: "Victor, aren't you going to show up?" ”

Victor smiled bitterly: "I'll forget it, how can I have this mind now." You're done. ”

John Ford was embarrassed to say anything and went down.

In the room, there were only two people left, Victor and Bergman.

"You're not going down?" Looking at Bergman, Victor smiled.

Bergman came to the window of the room, looked down, and said, "Didn't you go down too?" ”

"I was nervous." Victor told the truth.

"Nervous?" Bergman burst out laughing: "You are a director, are you still nervous about going on stage?" ”

"Miss! This was my first film, and if it did, Legendary Pictures would be gone, and I haven't had the strength to turn around since. You have to catch up with John Ford's pension, do you think there is any pressure? ”

Bergman smiled but didn't say anything.

Walking up to Bergman, Victor said, "Why are you here today?" ”

"Not welcome?"

"No, I didn't mean that." Victor hurriedly shook his head: "I am very grateful. ”

"I'm bored, come to you for a walk, and by the way, see what kind of work you can shoot." Bergman turned his head and stared at Victor with a pair of blue eyes like the sea, which made Victor's heart pound.

"I hope you won't be disappointed." Victor laughed.

Bergman moved a chair and sat down in front of the window, from where he could see the screen clearly.

"You really can't go down?" Victor Road.

"No, it's too noisy, it's not as quiet here." Bergman Road.

The two of them didn't have anything more to say for a while, and looked down quietly, and the atmosphere was a little **.

"Victor, it's not good! Bastard! These bitches raised it! Just as the wonderful time was flowing, Leo barged in.

"What's wrong again?" Victor frowned slightly.

"No more screenings! There are quite a few cinemas that don't show our films, just those that have promised to do so. Leo said.

"What's the situation?" Victor felt thunder.

"Just now, we sent a phone call from the employee who copied the past, saying that these movie theaters are closed for various reasons, saying that the projector is broken, saying that the theater needs to be repaired, and saying that the projectionist is going home to give birth, anyway, it is all kinds of bullshit reasons!" Leo Tract.

Not only Leo, but soon Nicholas Zink and others also came in.

Bad news followed, and similar to what Leo had said, more than 30 of the more than 40 theaters that had promised to show the film suddenly claimed that they could not show it for various unreliable reasons.

"The bottom of the kettle is drawn. This is typical of Meyer's approach. Zink looked up to the sky and sighed.

"These bastards, I'll clean them up!" Even Bernano was furious.

"Forget it." Victor shook his head and said to Bernarno: "Even if you send someone over, these theater owners will not lose their family's livelihood because of a movie, and if it gets out, we will be even worse." ”

"What then? Shall we let it go or not? Leo said.

Everyone looked at Victor in unison.

At this time, Victor was sad and angry in his heart, he just wanted to honestly make a movie and put a movie, why is it so fucking difficult!?

Hollywood, why the hell are you bullying people like this!

"Fuck it!" Victor nodded emphatically: "It must be released!" ”

"Put!" Leo and others thought the same thing.

Soon, a crowd poured downstairs.

Soon, there was a sparse round of applause from downstairs, and John Ford and Grant took the stage as hosts.

The two of them flipped through the gags, which set the atmosphere of the scene in motion, introduced the beginning and end of the film and tidbits, and then, Grant announced the start of the movie.

Before the film was shown, the film taken by Jali Cooper from Clark Gable's selfie was projected onto the screen.

This film lasts only four or five minutes.

On the screen, Gable sits on the couch and apologizes for explaining that he can't come: "I like Mr. Fello very much, I appreciate his understanding of the film, I believe it is an excellent movie, but sorry, I can't come in person, for some reasons you can guess." I'm an actor, and there are a lot of people who control me, so I have to be obedient. ”

"However, I promise that anyone who has bought a ticket for this movie, as long as they mail it or bring it to my residence, I will definitely autograph it for you."

Gable's words made the audience react strongly.

For viewers who have difficulty seeing Gable, being able to get an autographed movie ticket is obviously too powerful. You know, what Clark Gable hated most was giving people autographs, which he never did.

"It's hard for him." Victor sighed.

While speaking, a burst of majestic music sounded downstairs, a sharp long sword roared down, and the factory logo of the legendary film company appeared on the screen for the first time!

Movie, it's on!

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