Chapter 424: Watching a Movie
"Hey, really, this house has no tickets again...... Lu Xiaming returned to the car empty-handed.
"It's nothing, I really don't have a ticket, let's see it another day. Tang Feng said: "If we can't buy a ticket, let's go shopping......"
Today is the Qixi Festival, and the business of various theaters is particularly hot. In the past two days, almost all couples and couples will come to watch the movie, there are many people in Wuhan, although there are many theaters in Wuhan, but they can't hold on, and the theaters are full. Lu Xiaming and the others went to four or five theaters, and the ticket windows all hung up signs such as "full" and "tickets sold out".
"Shuangshuang, let's go to the next one to see, I don't believe in this evil ......" Lu Xiaming angrily took out the map of Wuhan city and found it, and soon he chose one. "Go to Feihe Cinema, there should be fewer people over there, we shouldn't go to this kind of bustling business district......"
"I'll take a look......" Tang Feng also leaned her head over, but she said, "I see that Feihe is also very mysterious." You see, it's in the middle of several universities, and it's estimated that there are more people. Let's choose this land cinema, it's near a residential area, there shouldn't be so many people......"
Tang Feng is a big beauty, and when she gets serious, she is even more radiant, and her hair-brushing posture is even more indescribably coquettish, seeing Lu Xiaming's heart is hot, he took a few deep breaths before suppressing the evil fire in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Shuangshuang, you are so smart! Let's go to the Earth Cinema...... "What I thought in my heart was that I would "teach" my wife a good "lesson" after I went home tonight......
Earth Cinema.
"Look, star, I got a ticket, hey, it's really crowded today. Lu Yuan sweated profusely and squeezed out of the ticket office and made a show of merit in front of his wife Muxing.
"Ah Yuan, you are so amazing!" Mu Xing immediately praised him in a sweet and greasy voice. Although she is a mother of three children, Mu Xing is still such a bird in front of her husband.
"Star, what do you want to see?" Lu Yuan looked at the many promotional posters posted outside the theater, feeling a little dizzying. Mu Xing is also carefully choosing.
New China's cinemas are an open industry, allowing private capital to operate freely, and with the rapid development of the film industry, the number of cinemas is increasing. At present, most of the theaters are privately owned, and most of them are converted from the previous theaters, and this kind of theater should actually be called "theaters", which can play two roles, can show movies, and can also perform dramas.
However, this kind of "theater" has a disadvantage, that is, it has high requirements for the venue and architecture, because with the stage, the venue is naturally not small. And there is a disadvantage that because there are many seats in the audience and the distance is large, the people sitting in the back row can't see it very clearly. In addition, because of the large area, you can also use the speakers in the back row when showing the movie, so that the people in the back row can also hear clearly, but it is not possible when the stage play is staged, and many programs like dramas are inconvenient to use loudspeakers, so the theater has high requirements for the echo effect of the building. The construction cost of this kind of theater is definitely not low, and the audience in the back row is not very satisfied with the visual effects when the movie is shown.
Chinese business acumen is very savvy, and under the fierce competition of their peers, someone soon came up with the idea of a professional theater. This kind of theater does not show dramas at all, and specializes in movies. Since there is no need to think about the stage, it can be built relatively small, and the distance between the back rows is greatly shortened, so that even in the back row, you can watch the movie clearly. Because there is no need to consider the echo effect of the building and other factors, it does not need to choose a special place to build a theater, and can be modified with a ready-made ordinary commercial building, so that the construction cost is greatly reduced.
Most importantly, because the screening room is small, it can open up more screening rooms for the same size. These screening rooms can show different films at the same time, and if the audience thinks this one is not good, they can run to the next screening room to watch it.
The first and second floors of this commercial building are shops, the entire third and fourth floors are the Dadi Cinema, and the upper floors are rented to various companies as offices. The two floors were converted into twelve screening rooms that could show twelve films at the same time.
The advertisement they put out is: "You can choose from twelve movies at will, there is always a ...... you are satisfied with" Of course, this is just a small trick to attract the audience, in fact, few people will change the film halfway, especially during this kind of holiday, basically full seats, is it changed to see the standing ticket? But this way also gives the audience more choices.
"Havoc in Heaven", "Kung Fu Panda", "Legend of the Book of Heaven"...... Uh, it's cartoon, kids love it. ”
""Legend of Gods and Ghosts", "Legend of the Night", "King Arthur", these are fantasy films with foreign backgrounds......"
""Liang Zhu", "Mulan", these are ancient historical films......"
Not only Lu Yuan and his wife, but Lu Xiaming and his wife are also picking up films here, uh, they finally bought tickets.
Lu Xiaming pointed to a poster and said: "Shuangshuang, what do you think of that "Titanic"? It is a ...... based on the disasters of the past few years."
Before Tang Feng could speak, a girl next to him shouted excitedly: "Uh, uh, husband, look at it, this is "Hurricane Rescue", they finally filmed it." But the protagonist didn't choose well, it's not like you at all!"
This girl is also a big beauty, her husband is a young officer, with two bars and two stars on his epaulettes, and he is a lieutenant colonel. The lieutenant colonel was now embarrassed and blushed and said, "Well, I don't look like me, I'm not that handsome......"
"Husband, you are the most handsome! much better looking than that little white face...... Let's watch this one today, I only watched a few pieces last time, and I want to see how they act. If the shooting is not good, I will trouble them......" The girl grabbed the officer and screamed coquettishly.
"Okay, okay, let's watch this ......" The lieutenant colonel officer looked at his watch and said, "There is still an hour to start, let's go get something to eat first......" After saying that, the two of them left.
"This woman is really inexplicable, the pig's feet in the film are officers, do you want all officers to look the same?" Tang Feng pursed his lips and said disapprerovingly.
"Hahahaha......" Lu Xiaming smiled, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said: "Shuangshuang, have you noticed that the woman is a little familiar?"
"Familiar, you look at people beautifully, right?" Tang Feng suddenly raised his eyebrows.
"Where, where...... My wife is the most beautiful!" Lu Xiaming laughed dryly, not daring to continue.
"Well, but this "Hurricane Rescue" should be good, it was introduced on TV last time, and the scene is quite big. It is said that a lot of troops were dispatched to assist in the shooting, so let's watch this......" Tang Feng looked at the posters around him, and finally chose this film.
At this time, Lu Yuan and his wife also chose the film, of course, they chose not this "Hurricane Rescue", but another "Ghost Love". Ahem, this "Human and Ghost Love" is different from the same business card in the original time and space and later generations, it has all been replaced with the background of the Ming Dynasty in China, the female pig's foot is called Nie Xiaoqian, everyone understands...... That's right, it's adapted from a certain story in Liaozhai, of course, the plot must be completely different, it's completely two. It is said to be a completely new creation, and compared to the original book, except for retaining the name of the main pig's foot, the plot is completely different.
Mu Xing said to Lu Yuan: "Husband, that woman just now seems to be Pu Runing of CCTV......" She pointed to the former girl who was leaving holding hands with an officer.
"Is it a reporter from the University of Pu? No, she is from CCTV, she should be in Hanjing, how could she come to Wuhan?" Lu Yuan said disapprovingly. "Let's go eat first......"
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There are several restaurants under the theater, among which there is a Chinese fast food restaurant with "flavored chicken", which is doing particularly well. This "flavored chicken" is a national chain store that uses standardized production, and the advertisement is: "You can eat the same taste no matter where you are!"
"The flavored fried chicken here tastes good, let's eat it here......" Lu Xiaming pointed to the signboard of "flavored chicken".
"Well, that's it. I also ate at their shop in Hankow, but I didn't expect it to be here. The environment of this shop is nice and clean. Oh, and the french fries taste good. Tang Feng nodded.
After entering, the two found a seat, and Lu Xiaming went to line up.
The selling point of fast food is fast, and it won't take Lu Xiaming's turn in a few minutes. "Two fried chicken sets, a cup of eight-treasure porridge, a cup of cola, a honey-glazed roasted wings, a french fries ......"
After a while, Lu Xiaming came back with a dinner plate.
The fried chicken set is served in a lacquerware box with black on the outside and red on the inside, and the outer wall of the box is depicted with gold and silver flowers, plants, birds and beasts, and the workmanship is very exquisite. The meals in the box are also colorful and varied. The main dish is naturally the signature dish of fried chicken, which is very authentic, the chicken pieces are wrapped in flour, and fried in the oil pan to make it golden and fragrant, and it is very appetizing at first glance.
The side dish is green bean bacon, which is a stir-fry made of green beans, diced carrots and diced bacon, green green beans, red carrots, and brown bacon diced together, which looks full of color and flavor. The richness of the bacon is mixed with the fragrance of green beans and the sweetness of carrots, revealing a unique flavor. There is also a golden fried shrimp omelette with four snow-white shrimp on top of the omelette and a candied cherry in the middle, which looks very refreshing. Then there's stir-fried greens and cold bean sprouts, as well as two pumpkin pies for dessert.
There is also a small blue and white porcelain cup in the food box, which contains seafood soup, which is made of dried scallops, dried shrimp, kelp, and bamboo shoots boiled in the broth. Even the bowl of white rice is sprinkled with a little black sesame seeds as a garnish.
On the other side of the restaurant, the officer couple they saw just now were also eating here.
"Although it's just a fast food restaurant, this set meal is really good, except for the ingredients that are a little unusual, whether it is workmanship or appearance, it is already very good on the table. Pu Runing looked at the food on the table and nodded with satisfaction. Pu Runing is the daughter of a family in the south of the Yangtze River, and the big families in that place have always been willing to spend effort on meals, and they have been known for "never getting tired of eating" since ancient times. The Pu family is naturally no exception, and there are really not many foods that can satisfy Miss Pu.
"Of course, I heard that this fast food has been opened abroad...... her husband stretched out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of fried chicken, and suddenly a rich and wonderful fragrance came to his nose. "It is said that this ingredient is a secret ingredient, and there are many imitations of them, but no one else can make this taste......
Miss Pu also picked up a piece of fried chicken, the fragrance was really very unique, and she couldn't help but take a bite. I only feel that the texture of the dough wrapped in the outside is crispy and fragrant, the meat inside is tender and mellow, and the overflowing gravy is sweet and delicious, and the three different textures are mixed together to form a new feeling.
Miss Pu's eyes lit up and she exclaimed, "It's so delicious!" Uh, I used to be so stupid, and I always thought that fast food was not delicious......
"Hehe, I told you a long time ago that the really delicious thing has to be this kind of small and medium-sized restaurant. Those high-end restaurants eat the atmosphere, and the taste is not as good as ......," Li Zongren said with a smile.
Uh, that's right, Miss Pu's husband is Li Zongren, and the two have gotten along since they met in the Nanyang Raiders. Already married the year before last. Of course, Li Zongren's place of service is not in Wuhan, he is now studying senior command at the Army University, and today is the Qixi Festival, and Miss Pu rushed over from Hanjing to celebrate the festival with her husband.
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An hour later, the movie began.
As soon as "Hurricane Rescue" opened, it showed a majestic atmosphere. At the beginning, a fleet sailing on the sea was photographed from a high-altitude overhead angle, and more than a dozen towering super-dreadnought battleships fully demonstrated the highest achievements of human industrial civilization. Subsequently, these battleships sent out battle lines and began to bombard, and the rumbling cannons, dazzling firelight, and stirring music were very shocking.
The subtitle is shown below: At this time, the Chinese Navy is conducting military exercises in the waters of the South China Sea......
"Oh my God, they really dispatched battleships to participate in the shooting! There are sixteen of them in total!" Lu Xiaming exclaimed in shock.
Subsequently, six aircraft carriers began to release carrier-based aircraft, and then there were various close-ups on the carriers. When the signal light on the control tower changed from yellow to green, two take-off command assistants wearing yellow vests squatted on the deck at the same time, knelt on one knee, and pointed to the front of the flight deck with their right hand, making the "aircraft carrier style" action that was all the rage in later generations.
Soon carrier-based aircraft were like pigeons released on a holiday, densely filling the sky......
Then, as soon as the camera turns, there is a scene of the Indonesian indigenous people beginning to riot, countless Dutch and Chinese people are hacked to death and slashed by the indigenous mob, all kinds of heinous atrocities continue to appear, dying screams and the mob smug laughter one after another. Among them is also a close-up of an extremely ugly native holding up a bloody broadsword and smiling proudly.
"These damned natives!" said Miss Pu angrily.
"It's okay, now they've been exterminated......" Li Zongren said disapprerovingly.
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