"This group of little bastards!" Because he couldn't see the road clearly, and he first collided with a young man riding an eco-friendly motorcycle, James cursed, but he finally reached the door of the Great Moon Bay Cinema in Chinatown.
"No one can recognize me like this!" Although Columbia City in July was not too hot, if a middle-aged man wearing a trench coat, sunglasses, and a cap passed by on the road, it would still arouse infinite curiosity.
Sure enough, next to the Great Moon Bay Cinema, two houses had been surrounded by scaffolding, and there were all kinds of renovation noises inside. There was also a "Great Moon Bay Cinema Expansion Project" sign on the periphery of the scaffolding, which said that the person responsible for this project was Hu.
Seeing this, James was really jealous.
However, this also made James look forward to his mission more. After learning about Hu's sudden wealth, James was sure that all the box office losses he lost must have fallen into Hu's hands.
Therefore, James decided to visit the cinema incognito. He had to figure out the secret behind why this shabby old cinema was so full.
As soon as he entered the cinema, James was shocked, because in this somewhat narrow waiting hall of the cinema, it was densely packed with people. Many people were standing in the hall, waiting for the movie to start.
Such a huge popularity, James's Metropolitan Cinema only saw it during the premiere of big movies like Pokemon or Titanic.
But there were no big-name movies released recently. God knows why so many people came to this cinema.
"Hello, I'm William. My phone number is xxxxx. I have reserved a movie ticket for" A Close Call "!" James whispered to the counter, and then got his reserved movie ticket.
In fact, James had already seen this movie, because it was released a week ago.
At this time, in James's cinema, the number of audiences who chose to watch "A Close Call" was too small. The occupancy rate was less than 10%.
According to the official box office, this movie that cost 30 million US dollars to make, the final global box office was likely to only be about 12,000 US dollars. Judging from this data, this was a complete garbage movie.
But when James was in the hall, he found that almost everyone around him was discussing the movie "Close Call". Obviously, these people were all here to watch "Close Call".
This made James even more confused. Logically speaking, a movie that had been released for a week should have been finished by those who wanted to watch it. Those who didn't want to watch it wouldn't watch it. Those who didn't know whether they should watch it or not would instinctively refuse to watch it after seeing its popularity and box office.
How could a movie theater in Chinatown gather so much popularity?
Just as James was puzzled, the live bell rang, and then the people who were watching the 13: 25 episode of "Imminent Peril" could enter the venue.
More than half of the densely packed crowd in the hall immediately rushed into the passageway. The three staff members responsible for checking the tickets at the passageway were all sweating profusely before they finally let these people in.
James, who was pushed by the crowd, finally reached his seat. When he sat down, he found that the entire theater was full of people. There was not a single empty seat.
This made James so jealous that he was about to go crazy.
"Great, we can finally vote!" Just as James was going crazy, he heard a person next to him say excitedly. At the same time, he pulled out something from the seat in front of him.
James curiously followed suit. Sure enough, he pulled out a card from the back of the seat in front of him.
"'Imminent Peril' voting card"
"Imperial Capital International Film Festival?"
Looking at the text on it, James was a little dazed. He didn't know what this was and why there was such a thing in the theater.
Well, forgive our Boss James. After all, it had been more than three months since the last time the staff of the Da Qian Empire came. Boss James had long forgotten about the voting.
Therefore, when he saw the voting card, he was completely at a loss.
"Excuse me …" Just as James was about to ask the person next to him, there was a sudden angry roar in the theater, "Who, who stole my voting card, get out here!"
This voice was so angry that everyone in the theater was stunned.
"Another unlucky guy who had his voting card stolen!" The person next to him said with some sympathy and some schadenfreude.
"What's going on?" James looked at the angry and violent shouting and didn't understand what had happened at all. He asked the person next to him, puzzled.
"Sigh, there are always some bad people in this world who don't want to spend money to vote honestly. They are only willing to steal other people's voting cards. I have already advised the boss to simply give everyone a voting card when he let them in, so that it won't be stolen!" The person next to him explained, but James didn't quite understand.
Soon, a staff member appeared and handed a new voting card to the furious audience member to calm him down. Then, the staff member said loudly, "Whoever stole the voting card, please return it to the staff member after the movie ends. There is a camera installed at the voting box. No one can cast two votes. "
"If you don't want to be found by us and sent to the police station, please return this voting card to us secretly. I'm very sorry to disturb everyone's movie!"
After this episode, the staff left, and the movie officially started.
Because he had already watched the movie once, James was not interested in the movie. Instead, he curiously looked at the audience around him. Then, he found that the person next to him didn't seem to be focused on the movie. Instead, he was thinking about something from time to time. Sometimes, he even scratched his hair in annoyance.
"Sir, what's going on here? What's with this voting card? "James couldn't help but be curious and secretly asked in a very low voice.
"You don't know?" The neighbor next door looked at James in surprise. "You didn't come here to vote?"
"No, I just live next door. I wanted to see it, so I came here!"
"Then you are so lucky to be able to reserve a ticket!" The man sighed and then found that there were already a few people around who were looking at the two people whispering with dissatisfaction, so he said, "Let's go to the bathroom and talk."
"Okay!" James nodded and was ready to leave.
"Wait, bring your voting card, or it might be gone!" The man quickly took out the voting card that James put back behind the seat and handed it to James. Then, the two people ran to the bathroom of the theater and talked.
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