Yi Feiyang, who holds the copyright of "Blair the Witch", thinks very simply, since he can't cooperate with a company like Lionsgate to sell the copyright in his hand at one time, then he will find a way to let this drama be released in theaters.

But where can I find a theater for the screening?!

Yi Feiyang was distressed.

Hollywood, as the film capital of the world, in addition to those relatively large movies, there are also some ninth-rate movie theaters that are not in the stream and can only play some small-budget movies. In the cinematic kingdom of Hollywood, these movie theaters are called "underground movie theaters" or "junk movie theaters", or in the terminology, "grasshopper houses".

The meaning of "grasshopper house" is easy to understand, first of all, the place is not big, it can be called a house, and the big one is a mansion or villa; Secondly, since they are grasshoppers, they all like to jump around, which means that the distribution area of these movie theaters is not fixed, the films shown are not fixed, the audience group is not fixed, and the time of the film screening is not fixed,......

There are many "grasshopper houses" in Hollywood, just like the video halls in the eighties ~ nineties in Chinese mainland, mainly for those idlers who don't have much money, and teenagers who like to find excitement. Here, you can spend only $5 and watch a play at the Grasshopper House for a day, for as long as you want. It used to be a fertile ground for poor blacks and teenagers, and on holidays, the grasshopper house would fill up, and the whole house would stink with feet and sweat filling your nose.

However, with the development of the Hollywood film industry, especially the expansion of the cinema chain of those leading tycoons and movie tycoons, Grasshopper House has gradually been merged, demolished, and rectified by the cinema chain, and finally ceased to exist.

Of course, there are some fish that have slipped through the net, and these grasshopper houses that survive the mouths of great white sharks...... Poor little movie theaters, most of which are hidden deep in black social neighborhoods, or in more remote poor neighborhoods, for those movie tycoons, this is not the direction of their own cinema expansion, just let them live and save some money themselves.

But is it really that easy to live?

The remoteness of the place and the lack of audiences have led this small cinema to the end of its own destruction.

Yi Feiyang was led by Rabbit Bill to this remote place in the western suburbs of Los Angeles, and if you have seen the future movie "Slumdog Millionaire", then you can understand the scene in front of Yi Feiyang's eyes.

What is the gap between rich and poor, what is heaven and what is hell?

In the United States, a country that everyone envies, who knows that there will be so many poor people!

Low and dilapidated houses, noisy streets, a group of black children in tattered clothes are playing basketball, and not far away, a group of white people in also tattered clothes are still playing football; The black and white sides are clearly distinguished.

On the side of the road, the water pipe running from a church was rattling, and a group of women huddled together to wash their clothes, and from time to time, a little kid with a runny nose ran out, pulling the dumped waste in the garbage can with his dirty little hands, some fluffy toys that had fallen off, cars with missing wheels, and even, if they were lucky, they could pick up a lollipop that could still be eaten......

"Look, this is it, the five little movie theaters I spoke of are around here, and if I may, I'll introduce you to the black daddy, who is the owner of these five movie theaters...... We have a good relationship, and basically all the scenes I filmed in the past were screened here by him. Rabbit Bill said happily to Yi Feiyang.

"You mean the you made?"

"Of course, otherwise what do you think will be shown here? Ordinary blockbusters don't come here at all, and most of the small-budget films lose money, and only has a market...... Look at these people, so many children, don't you still understand? They don't have a tomorrow, what can they do when they're full? Like a rich man playing golf and going to McDonald's to pick up girls? Oh no, their only fun is to sit in an adult movie theater, watch a super cool movie, and then go home to find a wife to practice it well! ”

Yi Feiyang, speechless.

After walking for less than five or six minutes, Bill Rabbit stopped in front of a decent-looking house.

"This is it, you wait a minute, I'll go say hello first."

Yi Feiyang took out a cigarette on the side of the road, and before he could take two puffs, Bill the Rabbit waved at the door, "Come in, the black daddy is inside, and, bring your gifts." ”

Yi Feiyang then remembered that he bought two cigarettes by himself, and originally wanted to keep them for himself to smoke, but it looked like he was going to give them away.

The black father is a black man, a very old black man, Yi Feiyang saw him, and he thought of the old black trees in Africa, vicissitudes, sorrow, skin and bones......

"Hey, hello buddy, Bill Rabbit has introduced you, and I know why you came to me, to be honest, my five theaters are terrible, and I can only be happy to have a movie...... Oh my god, it's been a long time since a new movie has been released, not counting Bill's bunny, of course! The black dad was very talkative, and after receiving Yi Feiyang's gift, he touched a cigarette and smoked it.

Yi Feiyang didn't expect this old black man to be so easy to speak, so he said: "Then thank you, but I still want to see the movie theater first to understand the situation there." ”

"Of course, this is a must, even if you don't say it, I will take you to see it...... To be honest, the environment is not too good there, I hope you are satisfied. The black father said, and took Yi Feiyang out of the door.

Along the way, the black daddy's mouth never stopped.

"Dear Yi, don't say that you don't know the way, in fact, I used to be a filmmaker, how to say it, I am an old projectionist and have been in many film companies. I still remember the first film I screened, which was "Dock Storm" starring Marlon Brando. Yes, it was this film, which won an Oscar later, and El Pacino also became an actor with this play. Not to mention that you don't know what to do, I still shook hands with him, and I wondered at the time, how could this not very handsome guy win the award? Is it possible to be white and receive God's favor? ”

"Later I figured out that if a black person wants to succeed in the film industry, you have to take two paths: either hide behind the scenes and work, make tea, do scene notes, and be a lighting engineer; Or become a projectionist like me, and don't let people know you're black. The audience doesn't like black actors, and they don't like black people winning awards! ”

"You're probably laughing at me, how can a guy like me be considered successful? Man, you'd be wrong. Do you know how these five movie theaters came about, I bought them all with the salary of a projectionist! At that time, my idea was very simple, since I had been helping those white bosses to show films for so long, why didn't I buy a movie theater to be the boss, show my favorite films, and deal with my favorite audiences, without listening to those bitches and shouting, and not having to look at their faces anymore......"

"Yes, there are so many advantages to being a boss, but there are also many disadvantages. For example, when you see a movie theater full of people, you will be happy; When you see movie theaters scattered and scattered, it's sad. Of course, sadness is a small thing, and a big thing is a loss of money. ”

"As I said earlier, I opened these five movie theaters with my hard-earned money, and every penny is precious. At the beginning, the business was very good, it was very prosperous, and there were many people watching movies. At that time, there would also be some good little films showing in my theaters, and when I saw so many people happily walking into my cinema and then walking out satisfied, I was really happy. But with the expansion of those big movie theaters, and the gradual increase in the quality of films, there are fewer and fewer films with small production costs, and I am not qualified to show blockbusters here, so that the audience has run away, and at the end of the day, I can only show damn porn to make a living! ”

……

The black dad was verbose all the way, but he didn't seem lonely.

Occasionally, a child or two would come running over and tugging at the black daddy's shirt for candy. The black dad seemed to be very fond of these little children, and whenever something like this happened, he would crouch down, wipe the snot of the children, and then take the candy from his pocket, hand it over, and say, "Eat my candy and go to school, and I'd better be able to leave this damn neighborhood when I grow up!" ”

It can be seen that the black dad seems to be very unhappy with this community.

"Daddy, don't you hate it here?" Yi Feiyang couldn't help but ask.

"No, I love it here." Black Daddy said.

"Oh, then I don't understand."

"You mean just now?" The black dad smiled helplessly, "I love this place so much, so I say that to those children." Look here, how many of you who grew up here can live happily ever after? The result of growing out of the garbage heap and growing up with the bustling city is self-evident. ”

"But it can change here!" Yi Feiyang reminded. "As long as you have determination and perseverance."

"Change? To put it nicely, even the government can't control so much, thinking that our community is a damn burden! ”

Bill interjected: "This makes sense, in my opinion, you guys are really a burden here, it's better to dismantle it!" ”

Yi Feiyang kicked over, "I think you are also like a burden!" Do you want to dismantle it too? ”

Bill covered his ass and said aggrievedly like a little daughter-in-law: "That's not necessary, I can't assemble this body if I disassemble it!" ”

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