hollywood draw

After a night of calm, the city of Angels gradually started a noisy day when the sun rose. At around 8:30 in the morning, in a theater in downtown Los Angeles, a so-called community of color, theater manager Tang De was checking the preparations before the official opening.

After walking around for a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, stood on the second floor of the theater, lit a cigarette and sucked it, looking at a large group of chaotic black buddies and some other people of color around the theater. The audience here has a very obvious feature, that is, it is rare to see pure white people.

"Are you sure it's okay?"

A familiar voice sounded behind Tang De. A middle-aged white man in a suit and tie walked to him, holding the railing with both hands, looking at the faces of the people outside the theater, his eyebrows were already locked together, and the corners of his mouth were still twitching slightly. "Tang De, shit, those kids have bulging waists. I dare to swear to God that they definitely took guys to watch the movie!"

"hey, hey, don't worry, Heywood, so many years have passed, I thought you have adapted to the environment here." The theater manager Tang De waved his hand indifferently, his tone of speaking was full of teasing. "I still remember that when "Escape from the Dead" was released in 1992, Warner Brothers sent you here for investigation. You were almost scared by these Nicos and wet your pants..."

"f**k up!" Heywood turned his neck vigorously, with a helpless expression on his face, raised his wrist and looked at the time. He looked at the strange-shaped audience outside the theater again.

The words of the theater manager once again brought his memories back to the summer of 1992. He still remembers how the dark horse in "Escape from the Deadly Town" caused a huge movie viewing craze among people of color. Those gang members, gangsters, and brainless Nicole who make a living by selling "contraband" not only rarely go into the theater to watch movies in groups, but also maintain restraint and not become popular in the theater. This is what impressed him the most.

Several years have passed in a flash, because Wayne has those favorable feelings among his black buddies. Every time the movie he directed is released, he will come to this theater to collect survey data. Warner Bros. attaches great importance to these minority fans, because the enthusiasm they burst out can indeed add impressive box office numbers to the film.

However, he is not like the theater manager Tang De. As a white man, he can work in downtown Los Angeles all year round. Every time he comes to work here, his calves are twitching, especially when facing those slang-talking Nicole, which is the most troublesome thing.

"Don't worry, Haywood."

Seeing that it was about to be nine o'clock, the theater manager Tang De glanced at the face of the man beside him and gave him another shot. "Whenever Wayne's video is released, it is the most rule-wise time for these people to follow the rules. Even if there is friction, they will not take action in the theater. When you collect data, as long as you don't leave the sight of the ticket inspector Sandy, no one will have any bad ideas for you."

After saying that, he smiled at him, waved his hand, and walked downstairs. However, Heywood, a senior investigator of Warner Bros., didn't hear it. He muttered softly after going downstairs. "Shit, just a data collection, do you need to wear Armani's suit? Are you afraid that those Nicos can't find out that you are a rich man?"

As soon as nine o'clock arrived, countless people rushed in from the theater hall, and the entire theater was immediately filled with all kinds of messy voices. These people didn't understand what politeness and quality meant, and they chatted loudly, fists and greeted each other.

The chat content they mentioned, in Heywood who was watching the second floor, could directly skip the court trial procedure and send it to prison to exercise.

"Holy s***t! Little bi**h, line up to buy movie tickets, shit, line up for me!"

"m*** f**ker, I'm a bitch, you stepped on my feet!"

"Don't call me, give me ****..."

Looking at the hall like a vegetable market, Heywood shook his head helplessly. In fact, such hot scenes are not common. Wayne's videos are very popular among people of color, but similar hot scenes only appeared once in 1992.

After taking a look at the ticket windows and the goods sold, the surrounding shop windows, the steel bars as thick as fingers were firmly welded to death. He now seriously doubted the safety of these protections, whether they could block potential riots, and following rules with these people is the most innocent idea of ​​adults.

However, the subsequent development of the matter was seriously beyond his expectations. Although the group of people were cursing, the entire ticket purchase process and the subsequent ticket checking process into the cinema were completed in an orderly queue, and there was no chaos as he imagined.

As time passed slowly, his brows became deeper and deeper. Because after strict calculations, four movies have officially started from the opening of the door at 9:00 to the current 9:45. Each opening screening room can accommodate at least 130 or 40 people. However, the crowds in the hall have never been seen, but instead they are becoming increasingly crowded.

Looking at the chaotic hall, Haywood muttered: "Damn it, today is Friday, aren't you going to work..."

"Sir, are you really expecting these people to have formal jobs?" Tang De, the theater manager who had just been busy and sweating, came to the second floor. While lit a cigarette, he looked at the crowd sucking with satisfaction, and teased in a sarcastic tone. "I have news, maybe you will be interested!"

"What?" Heywood shook his head and looked at the other party and asked.

"Do you know why these guys came to the theater so enthusiastically?" Tang De was in a very good mood. Although his suit was wrinkled, his smile on his face was very bright. "I bet you must have never seen this "Dark Knight". There is a scene in it, which is about the scenes of two ships being installed with bombs. In the film, the black man showed a rare kindness, which played a positive role, human nature..."

In fact, when he was just helping below, he suddenly realized when he heard the black people's discussion. Someone must have watched the movie in advance and then spontaneously promoted it, or through other channels, most black people actually came for this scene, so the reality is far more absurd than in the movie.

Heywood shrugged and said without hesitation: "It is not so much human nature, but rather as the lack of what is in reality, the more they want to see in the movie!"

The two chatted on the second floor, watching the minority groups walking into the theater in groups, then lined up in a row to buy tickets and enter the theater to watch the movie. The process continued until around 11:00 in the morning, and the environment in the hall gradually became a little quieter.

"The cinema that was first screened is about to end." Tang De patted Heywood's arm, pointed at the wicket, and reminded: "There are too many people. Your work today is definitely not easy. You need help and speak."

"It should be no problem. I know. This is my job and I have sufficient work experience." Heywood waved his hand, deliberately tidying up the tie around his neck, picked up a huge black briefcase from behind, and raised his legs to walk towards the ticket gate. He knew that hundreds of viewers would come out in a while. All he had to do was to collect the opinions and data of the audience after watching the movie.

"Don't leave the sight of the ticket inspector Sandy, be sure not!"

The cinema manager reminded him again from behind him. He turned his head and made a gesture to the other party that he knew.

When he arrived at the ticket gate, Heywood put down the briefcase in his hand and greeted Sandy while taking out a large stack of printing paper and a large bundle of pens with the Batman logo from it to do the final preparations.

"Crazy..."

"boom!"

Both of them standing at the wicket were startled, and the sudden sound appeared without warning. Just as they looked at each other and wanted to say something, a black guy ran out of the theater that was about to end.

"Those guys are simply crazy. I want to go in and turn on the lights. Those people are touching the dark, clapping and clapping like crazy! Damn it, it scared me!"

"Hank, don't tell me it's applause!" ticket inspector Sandy asked in disbelief, his tone full of incredibleness.

This is a chaotic downtown Los Angeles. The audience living in nearby neighborhoods don’t know what movie-watching etiquette is, and it can make them actively applaud the film. Such scenes are really uncommon.

More importantly, they were still outside the theater and could hear thunder-like sounds, which shows how excited the audience in the theater was.

"Yes, these damn Nicos don't know what crazy they are going."

The staff walked back to the cinema cursingly. He had to go and the lights inside were turned on, otherwise it would affect the next screening. You should know that the interval between each movie was only a pitiful ten minutes.

Not long after, groups of movie fans walked out loudly. Heywood's face shook and he took the things to meet him. Now is the time when his work officially begins.

"Ha, what is the highest score? A+?" The first black girl was quite enthusiastic. It was also possible that her excitement after watching the movie had not calmed down, so she cooperated very well with the questionnaire. "Okay, there is no doubt that A+, damn it, the movie is so exciting!"

"A+, I knew that this movie would not disappoint me!"

"Of course it's A+, man, I swear, this is the best movie I've ever seen since I was a child!"

"Shit, Hard, this isn't your first time in a cinema, right?"

"Shut up your stinky mouth, f**k you."

The chaotic scene lasted for nearly ten minutes before it ended. Heywoodliso put away all the investigation reports, sat on a chair beside him, waiting for the end of the next movie.

"Are the phenomenal videos going to appear again?" muttered, and he saw the passing theater manager shouting: "Tang De, if I were you, go and call the headquarters immediately, report the hot situation here to them, and arrange all the damn cinemas for "The Dark Knight"!"

"Man, I just reported it!"