The dispute before the premiere was resolved without a trace by Ingrid Bergman's angel-like smile.

"It is said that women are always better than guns and cannons, and I am convinced of this." Bernano said in a tone of an experienced person.

"It's getting late, it's time to start." Nicholas Sink shook his watch and said to Victor.

"I counted it and found that the attendance rate of our theater is 90%, which is pretty good." Leo and Sink mean the same thing.

"Aha! I've won! Miss Bergman, I've won the third prize!" Someone among the audience shouted loudly, which immediately attracted countless people's attention.

I saw an elderly man in rags holding a movie ticket and dancing to the exchange number at the entrance of the ticket hall.

"Third Prize, 10,000 US dollars!? My God!"

"Really or not?"

...

The crowd was talking.

Victor winked at Leo. Leo walked over and checked the movie clipping area in the old man's hand on the spot. After carefully examining it, he nodded to Victor.

"Redeem the prize." Victor took a deep breath.

There was a stack of ten thousand dollars over there and handed it to the old man in a neat manner. The old man held it in front of him, ecstatic.

"Thank you Miss Bergman! Thank you for Legendary Film Company! Thank you! Now my grandsons no longer need to sleep in the streets!" The old man bowed deeply to Victor's direction.

"The Virgin Mary is really true! There is really so much money."

"I'd like to buy a few more pieces if I had known!"

"It's not too late now!"

...

The crowd went crazy.

What is the concept of 1940 US dollars? Buying a house is enough.

"After just selling a few tickets, someone took away 10,000 US dollars. It's not enough to make ends meet." Anthony felt distressed.

"Look farther away. Leo, please bring Miss Bergman to the second floor, Uncle Anthony, and start the movie screening. Uncle John, come too." Victor said.

Everyone turned around and entered the cinema. It was exactly eight o'clock in the evening. The cinema door was open and the premiere officially began.

On the second floor of the cinema. As soon as he entered the door, John Ford transferred Jalley Cooper: "What's going on? Why didn't Clark come?!"

Cooper smiled bitterly: "You don't know his temper. When did you break the appointment when you promised? If he doesn't come, it's not that bitch Meyer who has made a call."

"I think I'm probably clear." Victor understood immediately.

"This bastard!" Leo was furious.

Nicholas Sink lit a cigarette: "This is indeed like Meyer's method, almost exactly the same as the one that many years ago. That time, I was completely in his hands."

"Clark doesn't come, this is bad when it gets out. We must say we're cheating on the audience." John Ford muttered.

"Clark is helpless, and this kind of thing cannot be forced to force others. Mr. Cooper, you just said outside that Clark has prepared something, what is it?" Victor said.

"You will know that a volume of film recorded by Clark will be released before the screening." Jaly Cooper was very loyal: "Although Clark cannot come, he will definitely be responsible."

"That's fine." Viktor couldn't manage so much. He looked at the hall outside, and there were crowds of people outside.

"Anthony, tell Sean, as you originally booked, start quickly." Victor rubbed his temples: "I'm really afraid of long nights and dreams."

A bunch of people went downstairs in the room, and John Ford walked at the end: "Victor, don't you show up on stage?"

Victor smiled bitterly: "I'll forget it, I don't have the intention now. You can do it after you preside over it."

John Ford was embarrassed to say something, and went down.

In the room, Victor and Bergman were left.

"You can't go down?" Victor smiled at Bergman.

Bergman came to the window of the room, looked down, and smiled, "Didn't you go down?"

"I was nervous." Victor told the truth.

"Nervous?" Bergman burst out laughing: "Are you a director, are you still nervous when you go on stage?"

"Miss! This is my first movie. If I smash it, the Legendary Film Company will be gone. I will never be able to turn over again since then. I have to pay for John Ford's pension fee. Do you think there is pressure?"

Bergman smiled but said nothing.

Walking to Bergman, Victor said, "Why are you here today?"

“Not welcome?”

"No, I didn't mean that." Victor hurriedly shook his head: "I'm very grateful."

"I'm just bored. Come here for a walk and see what kind of works you can shoot." Bergman turned his head and stared at Victor with his blue eyes as blue as the sea, which made Victor's heart beat.

"I hope I won't let you down." Victor smiled.

Bergman moved a chair and sat down in front of the window. From there, he could clearly see the screen outside.

"You really can't go down?" Victor said.

"I won't go anymore, it's too noisy and there's no quiet here." Bergman said.

The two of them had no more words for a while, and they looked down quietly, and the atmosphere became a little stern.

"Victor, it's not good! It's been raised by bitch! These bitch!" Just as this wonderful time was flowing warmly, Leo sweared in.

"So what's wrong?" Victor frowned slightly.

"No more screenings! There are many cinemas that do not show our movies, just those who have already agreed to show them." Leo said.

"What's the situation?" Victor felt thunder.

"Just just now, we sent the copy to the employee and called the cinemas and said that the cinemas were not allowed for various reasons, that the projectors were broken, that the cinemas were repaired, and that the projectionist went home to have children. Anyway, they were all kinds of bullshit reasons!" Leo said.

Not only Leo, but soon, Nicholas Sink and others also came in.

Bad news followed one after another, similar to what Leo said. Among the more than 40 theaters that had already promised to screen the movie, more than 30 theaters suddenly claimed that they could not be screened on various unreliable reasons.

"The firewood is removed from the cauldron. This is a typical method for Meyer." Sink sighed to the sky.

"I'll go and clean up these bastards!" Even Bernano was furious.

"Forget it." Victor shook his head and said to Bernano: "Even if you send someone over, these theater owners will not lose their family jobs because of a movie. If it is spread, we will be even worse."

"What should we do? Should we put it away?" Leo said.

Everyone looked at Victor.

At this time, Victor was tragic and angry. He just wanted to make a movie honestly. Why is it so difficult for him to be so hard?

Hollywood, why do he bully people like this!

"Don't let go!" Victor nodded heavily: "Must let go!"

"Let me go!" Leo and others had the same idea.

Soon, a group of people rushed downstairs.

Soon, there was a sparse applause from downstairs, and John Ford and Grant took the stage as hosts.

The two made a joke, mobilized the atmosphere on the scene, introduced the whole story and highlights of the movie, and then, Grant announced that the film will begin to be screened.

Before the film was screened, the film taken by Clark Gable, brought by Jaly Cooper, was projected onto the screen.

This film lasts only four or five minutes.

On the screen, Gabor sat on the sofa and explained apologetically why he couldn't come: "I like Mr. Ferro very much and appreciate his understanding of the movie. I believe it is an excellent movie, but sorry, I can't come in person because of some reasons that you can guess. I am an actor and there are many people in charge of me, and I must be obedient."

"But I promise that any viewer who has bought the movie tickets for this movie will mail the movie tickets or take them to my residence, and I will sign them for you."

Gable's words made the audience react strongly.

For viewers who are difficult to meet Gable, it is obviously too powerful to get a movie ticket with an autograph. You should know that what Clark Gable hates most is to sign someone, and he has never done this before.

"It's hard for him." Victor sighed.

While speaking, a powerful music sounded downstairs, and a sharp long sword roared down. The factory logo of Legend Film Company appeared on the screen for the first time!

The movie begins!

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Chapter completed!