"What a bunch of troublemakers. If you want to vote, go to the polling station. Why are you voting in my cinema?!" After chasing away the Daqian staff member who came to promote the installation of the ballot box, the owner of the Metropolitan Cinema, James, was still cursing.
Then James called a friend of his, saying that he had rejected the Daqian, and asked the other party to remember to invite him to dinner.
In fact, even if the people of the Supreme Council didn't interfere, James wouldn't be willing to put the ballot box in the cinema. The answer is very simple, it's too troublesome.
Although the installation of the ballot box and monitoring equipment, as well as all the voting forms, are the responsibility of the Daqian staff. But in the cinema, there are always staff members who are responsible for monitoring the ballot box and distributing the votes to all the audience.
Although the Daqian staff member said that they can be responsible for a small modification on the back of the seat, adding a small pocket where the form can be placed, and providing a ballpoint pen tied to the seat for writing.
But it's inevitable that the manpower cost of the cinema will be used.
The most abominable thing is that the Daqian also asked for at least 5 minutes after the end of the movie, so that the audience can score on the form. 5 minutes doesn't seem to be long, but with more than a dozen shows a day, it's about an hour.
Even though every movie had about 10 minutes of transition time before the end of the movie, it was still not enough.
In short, these voting forms will add unnecessary trouble to the operation of the cinema. Of course, James wouldn't allow these forms and ballot boxes to enter the cinema.
The most abominable thing is that the staff member also threatened that only 3 voting cinemas in each city are eligible. If they miss this opportunity, they will have to wait for at least a year.
This made James furious. He pointed at the staff member's nose and scolded him. Let alone a year, even if it's 100 years, he will never let the ballot box enter his cinema.
Finally, the Daqian staff member left and never came back, which made James very satisfied. As a result, the next day, when James was patrolling the cinema, he found that someone was actually handling the refund procedures at the counter, which made James very angry.
It was not easy to do business these days, especially now that it was not the weekend peak season, but an ordinary working day. At this time, customers were very precious. How could the counter let customers refund their tickets?
Moreover, there was a 20% refund fee. The other party was willing to lose 20% to get a refund. This was obviously very dissatisfied with their work!
Therefore, James immediately walked up enthusiastically and asked the customer with a smile on his face, "Dear sir, is there anything about our service that you are not satisfied with?"
Then, James glared fiercely at the staff at the counter. If the customer said anything wrong with the service, he would immediately deduct 10 dollars from everyone's salary as compensation for the loss of a customer.
"No, no! Your service is very good! " Unexpectedly, the customer said, "It's just that you don't have what I want. That's why I want a refund!"
"This is impossible!" James immediately said loudly, "Our Metropolitan Cinema is one of the best cinemas in Columbia City. We have everything that all the cinemas in Columbia have. How can there not be anything you want here?"
"Yes! I think so too. After all, I have been watching movies in your cinemas. I am completely your loyal customer! " The customer also said regretfully, "But I just asked your front desk, and they said that you don't have a ballot box, so I can't vote. I remember that the newspaper said that there are three cinemas in Columbia City where you can vote. I can only go to the Manduofu Cinema next door to ask."
"What ballot box?" James was stunned.
"It's the voting for the Imperial International Film Festival that has been crazily reported by the media and newspapers recently!" The customer immediately said, "I love watching movies the most, and every time I watch a movie, I have a lot of ideas. It's a pity that I don't have a chance to express them. This world has never really given ordinary moviegoers like us a chance to comment on a movie.
Now that there is such a film festival that gives ordinary moviegoers like us a chance to speak, I will definitely support it! " When the customer said this, he even got a little excited. Then, he said goodbye to James and ran to another cinema next door to ask.
"A lunatic …" James shook his head, a trace of uneasiness in his eyes. It seemed that only by clicking on the other party's name could he make up for the uneasiness in his heart.
Then James added, "A rare lunatic in Columbia!"
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After leaving the Metropolitan Cinema, Sam went to the Manduofu Cinema next door, but unfortunately, this cinema also did not have a ballot box.
Just when Sam was wondering if this was a hoax, he saw the latest "United States Film Weekly" in a newsstand near the cinema. On the front page was the list of the first voting cinemas of the Empire International Film Festival.
Sam immediately felt as if he had found a treasure. He bought the newspaper and found that there was indeed an entire page with the names of many movie theaters.
Although the entire page was full of the names of cinemas, the font was relatively large, so the number of cinemas was actually not that many. It was estimated that there were only about 200 cinemas in the entire United States. When he found the list of cinemas in Columbia, he found that there were only three cinemas in the huge state of Missouri that were eligible to vote, and there was only one cinema in Columbia City.
"The news clearly said that there were three cinemas!" Sam shook his head, then said, "But it's impossible for too many cinemas to have ballot boxes. After all, it's a lot of money to install ballot boxes!"
Sam explained to himself.
However, this explanation was wrong. Originally, the Daqian planned to install 1,000 voting cinemas in the United States, and Columbia City, as one of the most famous cities, also had three cinemas.
As for installing ballot boxes in all cinemas, Boss Jia had never thought about it. After all, it required too much manpower and material resources, and it was too troublesome.
Moreover, according to the voting rules, the results of 10 million votes and 1 million votes might be the same.
If an audience wanted to vote, they could go to the cinemas where they could vote!
However, because of a certain Board and most of the cinema owners who found it troublesome, the original plan of 1,000 cinemas could not be achieved. In the end, Boss Jia used his relationship with the Fox Group to let most of the cinemas under the Fox Group undertake the task of installing ballot boxes.
Of course, there were also a very small number of cinema owners who agreed to install ballot boxes, such as the Chinatown cinema in front of Sam.
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