Lance and Austin came back to the second floor. At this time, the second floor was calm. Not only did Angelina disappear, but even Daris had disappeared, as if nothing had happened just now.

Lance entered the cloakroom instead of choosing any room. First, it was too conspicuous for two people to enter the room alone, and it was very likely that those who were interested would notice that there were not necessarily free rooms, but they were easily caught in different good things. This is Oscar Night.

On the contrary, the cloakroom is a good place to talk about things.

Although the cloakroom is coming and going, the party has been around for more than two hours at this time, and the cloakroom, which is a public occasion, has become a quiet place. The Oscar Night cloakroom is not a small space, but a large room that can accommodate 80 people to have a dance party. The ground is covered with gorgeous patterns of Turkish carpets, and on both sides are neatly hung coats. In the center is a long retro dark brown table. There is a transparent rectangular glass box on the table. The place is placed inside tonight's focus Little Golden Man Trophy:

All the winners of the Little Golden Man will temporarily place the trophy here, on the one hand, for storage, and lightly join the carnival party, on the other hand, it also provides onlookers. If people who do not win the prize can make a special trip to the cloakroom to visit. Of course, this is also a kind of show-off and an inspiration, just like a carrot placed in front of a mule.

Austin looked around in the cloakroom curiously, but was disappointed. He didn't see any screening equipment or any film, which made him a little confused. How would Lance show him "City of Sin"? Could he draw sketches on the spot?

Austin's eyes fell on Lance, and he saw Lance walk to the closet, find his coat, and then put something out of his inner bag, "Is that a camera?" Austin couldn't explain what he felt, but was more confused, so was Lance trying to show the stills?

Lance walked to Austin with a camera and pointed to the rest bench in front of him friendly, "Why don't we sit down? This video takes about three minutes, I think you need to enjoy it." The confident smile on Lance's face made Austin hesitate for a moment, and then Lance sat down opposite him, "I know, this is not the best way to show it, but it is more credible than relying on me to explain it more than hand-to-hand."

If it was the era of smartphones, Lance could play with a mobile phone, which was much more convenient. If it was the era of digital films, Lance could even play the entire movie directly on the smartphone. However, that would also affect the viewing quality of the movie, so a clip is the most suitable, and a digital camera is the most convenient at present, although the picture quality is far from satisfying Lance.

Austin was a little stunned. He didn't know much about these high-tech products, and this was far from the film he knew about. "Is it a trailer?" Austin secretly guessed.

However, Lance's subsequent words overturned Austin's idea, "This is the beginning of the movie. I know that watching this will inevitably affect the effect, but at least it can intuitively show the feeling of this movie." Lance said, and found the clip stored in the digital camera and handed it to Austin, "If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."

Austin paused for a moment, took the digital camera hesitantly, constantly looking at Lance, trying to read more information from his expression, but Lance just kept encouraging him to watch the video directly. In the end, Austin could only withdraw his gaze, "Press that play button." Lance's voice came, and Austin pressed his thumb step by step.

"It's actually black and white? Which city is this picture? This is a cartoon, no, this is the picture style of the comics? The use of this color, wow! This visual impact, what's wrong? What happened?" Austin's mind kept surging. In just three minutes, he never stopped. After the video was played, Austin subconsciously raised his head and looked at Lance, "This is the end? What's later?"

Lance shrugged, "If you want, I will come to meet you tomorrow with a full film. I hope the review team will like it." Lance said confidently, "Do you still remember the story behind it? Sin City also took a similar approach. We have four stories in total, and what you just saw is part of one of them."

"Pulp novels." Austin murmured, as if he wanted to taste more from these simple words.

"So, how many theaters can be arranged for screenings?" Lance's voice woke Austin from his thoughts, and Austin smiled kindly, "Lance, you know that things are not talked about." There was no cunning, no joke, just saying sincerely, "This movie is just like a pulp novel, is also a hilarious?"

Austin, who looks honest and honest, looks sharp and sharp when he returns to his professional work. The first counterattack pointed out the key points of the problem. Lance said with a smile, "But I am different from Quentin. I will not directly show a large amount of plasma. On the contrary, I chose to use different colors to show plasma, maybe even white. So, the visual impact has been retained, but it is not that violent."

Austin slightly pointed his chin, "So, it's indeed level."

No matter what Lance said, Austin was still unmoved. This made Lance laugh. As expected, such an honest person was even more difficult to deal with. "I think level is not the point. The movie is extremely stylized. People who like it will fall into fanaticism, and the annoying audience will not even enter the cinema. Therefore, level should not be the part we care about. Isn't it?"

Austin fell into deep thought and thought about it carefully. He had to admit that Lance's words made sense. But this also brought up another question, "Then you should also know that it is very difficult to create box office results with such distinctive films, right?"

"The same was true when the Crucifix of Jesus was released." Lance's counterattack made Austin open his mouth, as if he had something to say, but Lance raised his hand to stop him. "I know that the Crucifix is ​​a religious work, and the situation is very special. But what I want to say is not its final box office, but the film was also screened in three thousand theaters on the weekend of the premiere of the film. I think the City of Sin must not be lower than this number. Compared to the Crucifix, we are simply Disney's princess animation."

Lance's humor failed to make Austin smile. He still spoke with a serious face, "Lance, I'm just the theater manager of the Los Angeles branch."

"But it also manages the West Coast film review," Lance interjected.

Austin paused, then nodded, "Yes, he is also in charge of the West Coast film review. But the problem is that I don't have the right to make a decision. How many theater screenings in Sin City can get is not up to me to say."

"I know. I don't want you to make a decision." Lance spread his hands and said with ease. "I just want to say, from your point of view, how many theaters are you willing to release this work of Sin City in."

"I need to watch the movie before I can make a decision." Austin was still unlucky, but Lance was unwilling to retreat. He looked at Austin intently, but the smile on his lips contained a sense of unstoppable strength and deterrence, as if he was saying, "You can't deceive me, I'm an expert." Austin remembered Diorama Pictures and could only let go, "Two hundred rooms, at most."

A movie was released in North America, and of course the three thousand venues were not the same theater, but were divided by major theaters. For example, Royal Entertainment 700, 600, and so on, after which there are 3,000 theaters.

Lance laughed in silence, "Two hundred rooms? One thousand eight hundred screens, plus twelve shows a day?" Austin, who seemed loyal and honest, finally showed his shrewd side in his work, like a jackal, tiger and leopard, tore off a piece of meat from Chaos Film.

The lowest bottom line for "City of Sin" is 2,000 theaters, but Lance hopes to win 2,500 theaters, or even 3,000 theaters. It is the second largest theater in North America, which also means that Lance must let go of 500 theaters, or even 600 theaters, and that's how there is hope. But Austin actually opened his mouth to 200 theaters, just like when he was bargaining, he cut 90% of the price at the first time, which is really cruel.

"Lance, I'm not kidding." Austin scratched his head with a hint of embarrassment and said with an honest look on his face.

Lance didn't take this trick, maintaining a smile and said, "Austin, I'm not kidding either. I think you're joking with me and treating me as a monkey in the circus."

There are many tricks in arranging theaters. The movie theater in the suburbs of Fairbanks is also called "A" theater, and the Captain's Theater on Hollywood Avenue in Los Angeles is also called "A" theater. The quality of the same 200 theaters will be very different.

At the same time, a cinema will inevitably have different sizes due to different regions. It will be screened on a screen in a theater chain, with only one show a day. This is also a "one" cinema chain. It will be screened on a twelve screen in a theater chain, with twelve screens in a theater chain, with twelve shows a day. This is also a "one" cinema chain. In fact, this is what China calls the screening rate.

Generally speaking, in order to maintain the diversity of films released in theaters, the United States will not dominate like China. Even for premiered works, the screen can only account for 30% of the screens. For a medium-sized cinema, this is three to four screens. The special circumstances of the summer season may be higher.

Lance's counterattack just now was obviously protesting Austin's contempt. He asked for an almost 80% and 90% screening rate, and it was full 24 hours a day. Lance expressed his dissatisfaction in this way, and at the same time conveyed his needs. "Seven hundred, Austin, I need seven hundred theaters, and at least two thousand screens are guaranteed." To be continued.
Chapter completed!