Although there were only 30 viewers in the morning preview, the publicity effect was comparable to inviting 300 people, all of whom were tap water.
Before the afternoon screening, a line formed at the door of the cinema, and everyone held a thin and narrow ticket in their hands, waiting to check in.
There was an electronic clock hanging just above the ticket counter. A quarter of an hour before the preview began, the broadcast notified the guests to line up for ticket checking.
In the afternoon, Zhu Zhu checked tickets at the entrance of the theater, and Wen Jian guided the guests to enter and take their seats at the door.
When the broadcast was announced, the guests at the door were startled. They didn't see the person who was speaking at all, but the voice was clear and loud, speaking authentic Liangjing Mandarin, asking them to line up for ticket checking.
Chen Jingshan followed the crowd and mixed in, but he didn't have a ticket in his hand and was stopped at the ticket gate.
It was even stranger inside than it looked from the outside. The decoration style was unlike any other theater he had ever seen. It was strange everywhere.
Even though there was only a little girl named Zhu Zhu blocking the door, he did not dare to force his way in. He turned around depressed and prepared to leave. When he reached the lobby door, he heard the sound of swords clashing from the side, but no one was fighting.
Chen Jingshan took two quick steps and saw the trailer playing on the wide screen in the lounge. His eyes widened and his face was full of disbelief.
He calmed down, tiptoed closer, stood and looked for a while, then carefully reached out to touch it, and found that this thing was indeed embedded in the wall.
It was so narrow and so thin, how did people get in here?
Chen Jingshan couldn't figure it out.
Lu Yao was fiddling with the beverage machine and popcorn machine in the area to the right of the ticket counter.
After the preview, the cinema will officially open tomorrow, and she wanted to arrange Coke and popcorn.
The caramel butter popcorn is a recipe developed by the snack bar, and it is sweeter and more delicious than the popcorn she had eaten in other cinemas before.
And Coke, these two are considered iconic snacks for watching movies.
The people of the Dawu Dynasty may not be used to such a taste and combination, so she sold it first to try, anyway, the cost of Coke and popcorn is not high.
Lu Yao put the Coke into the beverage machine, and poured the oil and corn into the preheated popcorn machine in proportion. After a few minutes, the fragrance began to spread.
"Crackle--" The expanded popcorn overflowed from the bucket, and the sweet fragrance filled the lobby.
Chen Jingshan wrinkled his nose, turned around and saw Lu Yao and the machine that was still popping out popcorn. His eyes widened again and he walked over quickly, "Are you making Boluo?"
Liang Jing also has popcorn, which is usually fried with glutinous rice. The popped rice is called "Boluo", which is glutinous rice flower.
This doesn't look like it's fried with glutinous rice, and it smells different, too fragrant and sweet.
Chen Jingshan is even more curious about the machine that keeps popping out popcorn. This is much more convenient than their usual frying of Boluo.
Lu Yao just noticed this person and studied the advertising screen for a long time, sometimes in deep thought, sometimes confused, with a particularly rich expression.
"Yes, popcorn made from corn tastes especially good. Eating popcorn and drinking Coke is a standard when watching a movie."
Chen Jingshan pointed to the screen not far away: "Movie? That one?"
Lu Yao nodded again, "Yes, there is a preview today, and tomorrow "The World's Number One" will be officially released in the theater. I just saw that you are quite curious about the advertising screen. There are only trailers here, and the main movie will be on for an hour. You can come and buy tickets tomorrow."
"How much is the ticket you sell here?" Chen Jingshan's expression changed.
A pot of popcorn is ready, and the machine stops working automatically. Lu
Yao pulled open the transparent partition, opening a little gap, and the sweet fragrance instantly hit his nose. Chen Jingshan opposite swallowed unconsciously, and his eyes uncontrollably stopped on the popcorn just out of the oven.
"The ticket for the movie 'Number One Under Heaven' that will be released tomorrow is 30 wen each." Lu Yao pulled out a small bucket from the side, scooped some popcorn into it, and handed it to Chen Jingshan, "The popcorn fresh out of the oven is the most fragrant, try it."
30 wen?
Chen Jingshan was shocked, it was so expensive, he lowered his eyes and looked at the popcorn handed to him.
The sweet smell kept drilling into his nose, with a burst of heat.
He slowly reached out to take the popcorn bucket, secretly took a deep breath, "Thank you. How much is a bucket of popcorn like this?" Lu
Yao: "Popcorn is two wen a bucket, and Coke is one wen a cup."
"What is Coke?" Chen Jingshan felt that he was going to be trapped in this store, full of things he had never seen before.
Lu Yao took a cup of Coke and handed it to him, "This is Coke, a carbonated drink."
Dark brown water was placed in the cup, and there were many bubbles on the wall of the cup. It smelled neither like wine nor tea, but slightly sour.
Chen Jingshan glanced at Lu Yao, lowered his head and took a sip, and his brows suddenly wrinkled.
The tip of his tongue was tingling and numb, and it was sweet and icy in the mouth.
Chen Jingshan didn't like the taste very much, but he still felt surprised.
Lu Yao was also observing his reaction. He didn't seem to be used to the taste of Coke.
Chen Jingshan put down the Coke, took a bite of popcorn, and his brows relaxed: "This popcorn is good!"
The taste is crispy, fragrant and sweet.
If you taste it carefully, you can also taste a little bit of burnt fragrance, mixed with the milky taste that is rare in Liangjing, which is completely different from his impression of Boluo.
Chen Jingshan took out three coins and put them on the counter. He sat down at the table in the lounge with popcorn and Coke.
He ate popcorn while watching the movie and drank a sip of Coke when he was thirsty. Coke and popcorn seemed to go well together, especially when watching a movie. He ate half a bucket of Coke without realizing it and almost finished his water.
He shook the half-full cup of Coke and turned to ask Lu Yao: "Boss, when will this movie start tomorrow?"
There was a curfew in the Dawu Dynasty, and people were not allowed to go out after 8 pm on weekdays.
The cinema only had one screening room for the time being, and it could only accommodate 30 people per show.
After Lu Yao calculated the time, he felt that there could be a maximum of five shows a day, two in the morning and three in the afternoon, and the schedule was very tight.
"Tickets are available from 7am to 11am tomorrow, and there will be about five shows."
Chen Jingshan learned the time, got up, picked up the remaining half bucket of popcorn and Coke and went out.
I'm going to watch the movie early tomorrow morning, and I know so much, it's hard to put it down without watching it.
Chunxilou's owner Le Hanshanshan was late, and met Chen Jingshan at the door. She glanced at what he was holding, and when she walked into the theater, she smelled a sweet fragrance, and couldn't help but walk over and saw the popcorn in the popcorn machine.
"How much is this?" Le Han was still playing with the small purple clay teapot in his hand, looking at Lu Yao calmly.
It was indeed as the rumor said, the female shopkeeper was dressed strangely and was more unrestrained than the foreigners. Lu Yao
just tried to make a pot of popcorn, but he didn't expect that there would be customers who wanted to buy it. While filling the popcorn and Coke, he secretly thought about making a menu and putting it here, and also hiring a salesperson.
Le Han bought a bucket of popcorn and a cup of Coke, slowly checked the ticket at the door, and walked into the theater.
The movie had already played a short part, and Xiao Ye Qingzhou hid in the rice jar and watched his mother being killed.
The audience was watching nervously, and a black shadow suddenly emerged from the aisle in the dim light. The guests next to that aisle were startled and almost screamed.
When Le Han saw what was playing on the big screen, his eyebrows slightly raised, unable to hide his surprise.
No wonder that old fox Rong Shenghua asked him to watch it himself, such things are really hard to explain clearly.
Le Han found his seat, and after sitting down, he found that there was a groove on the armrest of the chair. He tried to put the Coke cup in, and it just stuck.
Is this armrest designed specifically for this cup?
The material of the chair is also very peculiar. It feels smooth and soft, and it is more comfortable to sit on than the cushions in the private room in his teahouse.
Coke and purple clay teapot were placed on the armrest of the chair. Le Han took out his hand to eat popcorn. The crispy sound of the crumbs was somewhat obvious in the dark, and the smell of burnt and sweet milk filled the air.
The other audiences had to watch the movie, and they couldn't help but be attracted by what Le Han was eating, so they didn't take care of either end for a while.
The guest next to Le Han was also a regular customer of Chunxilou. Seeing this, he couldn't help but ask: "Boss Le, where did you buy this? It smells strange."
Le Han: "It's outside in the lobby. It tastes really good."
He handed over the popcorn bucket. The guest reached out and grabbed a small handful. After taking a bite, he suddenly sat up straight. He wanted to get up but couldn't bear to leave the movie. In the end, he leaned back and ate the remaining popcorn in small bites.
This popcorn is crispy and crunchy, and the seasoning is just right. It
is not just sweet or crispy, it smells slightly bitter, it is a kind of just right burnt fragrance, it tastes crispy and sweet, and there is an indescribable milky fragrance.
For the people of the Dawu Dynasty, such a taste is really amazing.
Lu Yao left a small portion of the popcorn in the machine, and packaged the rest in small packages, making a set with a small cup of Coke.
The packages were all illusion boxes brought from the Land of Dreams, which were effective for 72 hours and would automatically disappear after three days.
Lu Yao looked around the door and saw a few little beggars in the alley between the cinema and Rongxi Book House, and waved to them.
The oldest boy among the little beggars came over, "What's up, shopkeeper?" Lu Yao had
just been here for a few days when he discovered that there were quite a few beggars nearby, and they were always being driven away by the people around them.
Probably because Lu Yao didn't care about them, they have been hanging around here recently.
These little beggars are all orphans, and they usually make a living by begging.
Occasionally, they would do small things for people to earn money, such as running errands or passing messages.
Lu Yao: "Well, help me do something, and the reward is a mermaid pearl."
The beggar's face, which was covered with dirt, suddenly became lively when he heard this, "What kind of work? We will definitely do it."
Lu Yao led them back to the entrance of the cinema and took out a box of packaged popcorn and coke sets, "Just spread the words I just said in the streets around Song'an Street, and then distribute these foods to passers-by."
The beggars who came with the boy stared with their eyes wide open, some of them couldn't believe it.
"That's it?"
Lu Yao looked at the kids glancing at the popcorn and handed each of them a box. "Eat it. Once you know the taste, you'll know how to praise it."
The kids were a little embarrassed. They wiped their black hands on the rag-like clothes several times before accepting the popcorn box.
The youngest one couldn't help it. He took it in his hand and started eating. Then he couldn't stop.
"Brother Gouzi, this is the most delicious thing I've ever eaten!" The kid had a grayish-yellow face and was hungry, but his eyes were shining. The boy
who was called Brother Gouzi was the leading boy. He took a bite of the popcorn and sealed it as it was. He stuffed the box carefully into his clothes and took a large box of popcorn and Coke from Lu Yao.
"We will definitely get this done." Gouzi led a few little beggars away, singing a ballad loudly as he walked, with a very strange tone.
Lu Yao asked them to say that the cinema will officially open tomorrow, and the martial arts movie "The World's Number One" will premiere. Buy a ticket and get a set of happy water and popcorn for free.
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