Josiah dragged Hiri to the Platinum Theatre.
Currently, only three movies could be seen on the posters in the Platinum Theatre: The Shining, Avatar, and The Shawshank Redemption.
All the movies Josiah had shot in the past had been made into raw crystal discs by Josiah.
These special discs were sold in a shop called 'Earth Studio' on the Mana Net. They could also be bought at the Platinum Theatre and the National Theatre of Noland.
Josiah had yet to mass-produce these discs, so the raw crystal discs for Beauty and the Devil were dozens of times more expensive than a movie ticket.
"Is that why people come to the cinema every day to ask for a replay?"
Josiah stood on the second floor of the cinema and looked down at the hall on the first floor. Today, the Platinum Theatre was much more crowded than before. At the very least, he could see the gaps between the crowds.
The Platinum Theatre had become a famous tourist attraction in Noland in a year's time.
Judging from the comments about Noland from people all over the world, it felt like 'you're not a real man if you don't go to the Platinum Theatre'.
"On the black market in Noland, a raw crystal with 'Beauty and the Devil' on it can be sold for more than a hundred gold coins … and it's still in short supply," the Knight Of The White Thorn said to Josiah.
"Recording images is a skill of the Chaos Demons. If we want to mass-produce it … we'll talk about it later."
The first thing Josiah heard when he arrived at the theatre was the Knight Of The White Thorn's complaints.
In fact, Josiah could understand the thoughts of those fans. When their favorite movies were released on DVD, they would definitely buy three copies and put them home.
"Also, the sales of tickets for the Holy Ghost Competition doesn't look good."
Josiah stood on the second floor and looked down at the window that sold tickets for the Holy Ghost Competition. There was a long queue in front of the window, but some people had a conflict with the ticket seller after getting their hands on the tickets.
"Looking at that poster, anyone would think that there's a new movie called 'Holy Noland Open'."
Hiri pointed out the root of the problem. The posters for the Holy Ghost competition were placed side by side with the posters for other movies.
The content of the poster was the silhouettes of the five most iconic heroes of the Holy Ghost, even if Josiah had written 'this is a ticket to a match in real life' below the poster.
However, there were still a lot of people who came to the cinema and treated it as a screening of a new movie.
In addition, Noland's fans already had the concept of "watching the premiere to show off to their friends."
The day the poster was hung up in the morning, there was a long queue at the ticket office until this afternoon.
"There seems to be quite a lot of people refunding their tickets."
Josiah glanced at the attendants behind the ticket window. They also had bitter expressions on their faces.
Every time they tried to explain that this wasn't a ticket to a movie, and the fans who came out of admiration questioned loudly, "I queued for an hour, and you're telling me that this isn't a ticket?", they probably didn't know how to appease the other party's anger.
"You can watch a live broadcast on the Magic Net, but you still have to pay a silver coin to watch it live … This is probably something that only rich people would do."
In Hiri's eyes, a single ticket to the Holy Ghost Competition was enough for her to eat a decent meal, not to mention the time it would take to get to the competition venue.
Hiri would rather sit in the Hearthstone Tavern, find a comfortable sofa, grab a bucket of popcorn and fruit juice, and enter a state of inactivity.
"I should emphasize that your monthly salary has already exceeded the limits of the poor …"
Josiah didn't mistreat the number one artist under him. However, Hiri's poverty was spiritual poverty. Simply put, she was afraid of being poor when she was young, and didn't dare to spend it recklessly even when she grew up.
"I … I'm going to save it up and marry …"
"Marry what?"
As soon as Josiah asked this question, a familiar face walked up the stairs to the second floor.
It was Miss Messiah from the Nation of Saints, and beside her was a black-haired, black-eyed little girl.
"That female knight again?"
Hiri's shy expression turned into one of a wolf or fox when she saw Messiah, and she almost threw her spear at his face.
"As the highest leader of the Nation of Saints, is it really good to meet a demon in public?" Josiah's attention was on the little girl beside Messiah. "Heroria."
The saintess had disguised herself once again after coming to Noland. Last time she participated in the Noland Chanter Competition, she wore a pair of wood-framed glasses and a hair clip, turning herself into a shy and innocent little girl.
This time, even the color of his hair and pupils had become pure black. Even his facial features had changed greatly, giving off a very cold feeling.
However, the hosts of the World Tree attracted each other, and Josiah used this to confirm her identity.
"My name is Tuan now, contestant from the Upper Path of the Saint team."
Heroria walked up to Josiah and introduced her new identity.
"You're really working hard to collect faith energy."
Josiah glanced at Heroria's ranking on the Mana Net Music Chart.
The saintess had already composed quite a few good original songs under her identity, and she was ranked in the middle of the chart. There were also some videos of her singing on the Mana Net Vision.
Josiah could definitely give Heroria the Most Prolific Singer of the Year award for her diligence in composing music and videos.
First, she was a singer, then an actress, and now she was entering the esports industry … She was truly an all-rounder idol.
"If you're willing to officially accept me as one of your members, I wouldn't have to work so hard, Mr Josiah."
Heroria carefully sized up Josiah, her calmness gradually disappearing as time passed.
Soon, the cold expression on her face disappeared, replaced by a mixture of unwillingness and surprise.
"You actually helped those damned high elves!"
Heroria wanted to step forward and hold Josiah's arm, but Hiri had already used her staff to block between her and Josiah. Messiah also reached out to hold Heroria's shoulder, trying to calm her down.
"Why! Josiah Yanorod, I've already shown enough sincerity, much more than those arrogant high elves! "
Heroria could see the flow of the Power of Faith in Josiah. He had become the host of the World Tree of Assequero.
At this time, a Shiratori also appeared on Josiah's shoulder. After glancing at Heroria, it turned its head away in disdain.
"Damn it!"
At this moment, Heroria completely lost her calm, like a little girl whose favorite toy had been snatched away. The most infuriating thing was that she had spent a lot of money to buy that toy, only to be given to another little girl she had hated for a long time for free.
"You want me to help you … Sure."
Josiah could not figure out what was going on with this Saintess's personality. He could see both scheming and childish in her. Of course, Josiah would rather believe that this childish behavior was fake.
"Condition?" Heroria quickly calmed down.
"Just go back to the Kingdom of Saint and announce that we have formed an alliance with the Underworld." Josiah snapped his fingers.
This request from Josiah made Messiah panic. This female Saintess seemed to really think that their Saintess would agree to this deal.
In that instant, Heroria was indeed tempted, but …
"Do you think this will work?" Heroria asked.
"No, it will probably cause a rebellion in the Kingdom of Saint, and then your position as ruler will be overthrown."
Josiah knew that it was not so easy to change the people's minds.
"But aren't you doing very well now? The songs you created with the help of the Magic Net are also very popular. Now that this Holy Spirit contestant called Tuan is participating, if he gets a good result, he should be able to get a decent amount of Power of Faith. "
The reason why Heroria spent so much effort to create a new song and participate in the Holy Spirit competition was obviously because she hoped to get the Power of Faith from the people.
"I just can't stand the fact that those high elves don't know anything, yet they are almost reaching the result that I have accumulated over a hundred years of hard work."
Heroria stared at Shiratori again.
"You have become a host of the high elves, which means … you have seen the essence of this world?"
"Essence … That pitch-black space?"
Josiah knew that Heroria was referring to the space of consciousness of all living beings, but Josiah hid the fact that there was something inside from Heroria.
"That place is called the space of consciousness. Let me tell you a piece of good news."
Heroria opened the Magic Net directly and used a text message to edit everything she wanted to say.
'The Court of Heresy has not been completely destroyed. They still exist in every corner of the world.'
'I have been harassed by the Court of Heresy recently, of course I know … I am just a little curious about what they want to do.'
Josiah also used a text message to reply to Heroria.
The Court of Heresy had recently begun to attack the space of consciousness. Although no one had entered while Josiah was in the middle of programming, they had a way to enter and would definitely not stop at the level of a one-day trip.
'If you need this information, do you … want to use something in exchange?' Heroria's message was accompanied by a smiling emoticon.
'Be careful, or I will cut off your internet.'
Josiah also added a smiling emoticon at the end of this sentence. In reality, Heroria's expression suddenly froze.
The girl roughly understood that her lifeline was in the hands of this demon, and it did not feel good at all …
'Summoning an invisible thing requires a tangible spirit as a vessel. The more powerful the invisible thing, the more vessels it needs. So many that even the population of a city is far from enough.' Heroria at this point gave Josiah another hint.
'Do you think that the Kingdom of Saint and the Land of Frost joined forces to attack the Realm of Demons, is it really only because of their hatred towards the demons?'
Josiah saw this text message and his editing speed slowed for a moment, but Heroria had already closed the Magic Net.
"Soon the qualifiers will begin, I hope I can enter the top four."
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