25 The Seventh Shop
◎A conversation spanning a thousand years.◎
"Shopkeeper Lu."
Lu Yao looked up, and Wan Baozhu walked towards her with a smile on her face.
"How is the 9,000-year-old lady?" Lu Yao also smiled. It had been a while since she had seen the 9,000-year-old lady. Now that she no longer deliberately wore men's clothes, her majestic demeanor became even more attractive.
Wan Baozhu lowered her head and smiled: "Shopkeeper, just call me 'Baozhu'. Why do you have to be so distant?"
Lu Yao: "Is your highness taking a day off today?"
"The new movie premieres, how can I miss it?" After saying this, Wan Baozhu pulled Lu Yao over, walked to a corner, and whispered a few words in his ear.
Lu Yao's face changed slightly, then returned to normal after a moment, and then bowed his head: "Che Ye welcomes you."
After finishing the business, Wan Baozhu didn't want to leave, and pulled Lu Yao to chat about the interesting things that happened in Liangjing City in the past six months.
After the task of the cinema was completed, Lu Yao opened a childhood cram school and a hotel one after another. On the surface, most of the affairs of the cinema were handed over to Fu Chi, and Lu Yao's appearance time gradually decreased.
Wan Baozhu selfishly regarded Lu Yao as a confidant, and she was reluctant to let her go after finally catching her.
But before the two of them had a few words, the Prince of Jin, Xie Xu, and Chen Yuning came over, saluted Wan Baozhu first, and saw Lu Yao there, and started to chat with him, standing there and not leaving.
Later, Xie Wan and Sun Qinghe also came to greet Lu Yao. Xie Wan taught several girls to call people.
Seeing the confusion in Lu Yao's eyes, Xie Wan explained: "These are students of our school."
Xie Wan and Sun Qinghe were inspired by the movie and determined to open a girls' school to teach girls to read and understand reason.
After several months of exploration, they have achieved some success.
The film premiered today also has content about girls' school, and Lu Yao personally took people to shoot it.
Not only these regular customers, but also the shopkeepers of various shops that have cooperated with the cinema have come to line up early to buy tickets.
After buying tickets and waiting for the show to start, they also came to greet Lu Yao and exchange a few words.
In the crowd, several people wearing foreign costumes kept looking at Lu Yao.
On the way to Beijing, they had heard of the cinema frequently, and when they arrived in Beijing, they saw the shadow of the cinema everywhere.
A few days ago, after these foreigners had an audience with Emperor Wu, they couldn't wait to watch a movie.
Movies are really good things. Although they don't understand the language, just looking at the pictures is enough to make them feel fresh and amazing.
After watching it several times, they can gradually understand the meaning.
Hearing that a new movie was released today, they also hurried to watch it. This was the first time they met Lu Yao in the cinema.
There was a tall man among the foreigners, and his eyes were fixed on Lu Yao.
The broadcast reminded guests that they could check their tickets to enter, so Lu Yao was able to get away from the social interactions and help check tickets.
It's funny to say that when the people of the Dawu Dynasty watched other films, they would be more or less confused about whether to watch 2D, 3D or holographic, after all, the price was there.
But for this documentary, everyone seemed to have discussed it beforehand, and most people bought 2D tickets, but those foreigners bought holographic tickets.
The customers in the shopping street were completely the opposite. Even if it was a documentary, they would watch the holographic version. It was a holographic version.
There were indeed many people at the premiere, but as the guests entered one after another, the crowd calmed down.
The small numbers in Lingxiao Pavilion are now small numbers in the cinema. Even the old owner of the pavilion is looking after the claw machine upstairs, and from time to time he teaches his experience to the guests who are playing for the first time.
They managed the Luyao cinema in an orderly manner, and with Changming and Hongyu, the cinema was surrounded like an iron barrel, so there was no need to worry about any mistakes.
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In the theater, the people of Liangjing slowly took their seats with a slightly different mood of expectation than before.
Before the screening, there was the usual safety knowledge popularization and advertisements, and then the lights went out, leaving only the glowing screen in front to attract everyone's attention.
A short and powerful opening ended, and the picture was slowly opened by a series of clapper sounds.
A line of light appeared on the horizon, and the sound of wheels rolling over bluestone slabs was particularly clear in the quiet morning.
Squeak, squeak, boom.
There was a pause, and then the wooden board was uncovered. There were hurried footsteps, and people were going back and forth, unloading goods from the wooden cart.
The breeze blew, and the flags were raised.
The audience saw the large characters embroidered on the flags, and there was a little commotion.
"Zhu's Duck Blood Vermicelli Soup."
Isn't this the duck blood vermicelli stall of Aunt Zhu?
It was a roadside stall that they often visited, but they didn't expect to see it in the cinema.
Aunt Zhu also appeared on the screen.
The woman was tidy and the stall was also tidy. The hot soup, thin shredded pork, duck blood, bean sprouts, and green vegetables unloaded from the cart were all fresh and tempting.
The camera zooms out from this small street corner stall, and the sounds of footsteps, wheels, and horseshoes gradually come from all around.
Tofu pudding stalls, steamed bun stalls, fried cakes and soy milk stalls, meat stalls... the stall owners shout to each other, and the whole long street wakes up in the most ordinary smell of fireworks, which is also the beginning of the day for most Liangjing people.
In the theater, the audience looked at the steaming pictures, and the familiar smell of food seemed to linger in their noses, and they couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
This is the street they must pass every day. No matter what, they will always have something they have eaten at the end of the long street.
This section was shot by Lu Yao, Zhu Zhu, Ku Ba, and Tai Er on the street. It took three full mornings to capture the best pictures.
In a certain theater, Aunt Zhu and her neighbors took up half of the seats.
Zhu Zhu was usually in the theater, and when Fu Chi was editing the film, she would sneak in to take a look from time to time, and couldn't help but mutter a few words when she got home.
She couldn't say anything too complicated, and Aunt Zhu couldn't understand it either, so she said that the footage Lu Yao took of them setting up a stall on the street was put into the movie.
Aunt Zhu turned around and couldn't help chatting with her neighbors, making them all look forward to it, and even agreed to take a half-day break together, just to watch this new film as soon as possible.
Seeing this footage at this time, it was shot much better than they had imagined, and they were still very excited, looking at each other, and they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
The camera starts from the bustling long street, like a pair of curious and quiet eyes, passing by the newly opened bookstores, pawnshops, rouge shops, the teahouses that are being cleaned, the snack shops and wine shops that are busy in the back kitchen, and the schoolchildren on their way to school...
In just a few minutes, the audience is pulled into the familiar morning of Liangjing.
The next second, something unfamiliar happened.
On Song'an Street, the long-vacant shop between Chunxilou and Rongxi Shuzhai hung a new sign overnight, as if it was about to open.
"Luyao's Super Time and Space Cinema."
A strange name of an ambiguous store, what is even more eye-catching is the domineering and trendy decoration style, without considering whether the people can accept such an eye-catching and alternative store.
The people on Song'an Street were talking about it.
This picture is a scene re-enactment. Every time the cinema previews a new movie, people on the street will come to watch.
Fu Chi placed multiple cameras on the first and second floors, took many similar pictures, edited and spliced them, and finally asked someone to dub them to perfectly reproduce the reaction of the people of Liangjing when the cinema just opened.
During the dubbing in the later stage, Fu Chi talked about this matter with several indigenous dubbing actors from Liangjing.
They combined their own reactions when they first heard about the cinema, added many details, and made many adjustments to the lines. The effect presented was both elegant and vulgar.
"Vulgar" is the popular "vulgar", which not only retains the texture of the movie, but also the people feel that this reaction is the same as theirs at the time, without any exaggeration.
Looking back at the initial reaction, the audience thought of the current cinema and actually began to look forward to the scene of the cinema's official opening.
No matter how the people discussed and doubted, the cinema was officially opened soon.
At first, it was just recruiting people and advertising. When the first film was released, the reputation of the cinema was completely blown up on Song'an Street with the martial arts movie called "The World's Number One".
The audience saw the first trailer of "The World's Number One" again, and it seemed
like a lifetime ago. It was only more than half a year ago, but it seemed like it had been seen for a long time.
Starting from this movie, food, love light comedy, suspense reasoning... The cinema has shown one well-loved film after another, and has set off a wave of public opinion on the streets of Liangjing again and again.
The first street interview, the questions were very simple.
"Which movie do you like best?"
"Which character do you like best?"
"Do you like cinema?" "
My favorite movie is 'Number One'."
"I like 'The Little Cook of Shengjing'."
"My favorite movie is 'The Sea Train'."
"My favorite movie is 'Meeting You Again'."
"I like 'Moon Landing'..."
"I like 'Crown Princess'..."
At first, the people being interviewed looked panicked, embarrassed and at a loss, but later they started to talk freely.
"My favorite character is Ye Qingzhou. I also had a dream of being a hero."
"I like Annie. She is beautiful and smart."
"I like Hua Shi..."
"I like Shen Xiang..."
"I like the big whales in the deep sea..."
The content of the street interviews is very fast-paced. The people of the Dawu Dynasty rarely come into contact with this form. Sometimes, the interviewees who appear in a certain picture may be neighbors living on the same street. They watch with relish.
When Lu Yao watched the sample film, he felt that Fu Chi might have some kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder when editing the film. The organization was clear and clear, just like doing a year-end summary.
After taking stock of the various types of films that have been shown in the cinema so far, the cinema began to cooperate with surrounding shops from a commercial perspective.
The first commercial advertisement received by the cinema came from the century-old shop Yuguizhai. The old shopkeeper Yu Jixiang personally negotiated with
Lu Yao. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the cinema and Yuguizhai launched a joint mooncake gift box, setting an example for the shop owners on Liangjing Street.
It was also from this advertisement that the cinema began to frequently cooperate with surrounding shops, including Chunxilou, Rongxi Shuzhai, Yanzhilou, Baixiangguan, Fuxianju, Sixilou, Chengwai Kiln Factory, Carpenter Shop, Jiang's Paper Factory...
The camera zoomed out again, returning from the cinema to Song'an Street.
I don't know when and where it started, but there were small stalls selling popcorn and wooden carts selling skewers on the street...
The carpenter's youngest son was studying the bicycles that appeared in the movies, and trying to make a similar vehicle out of wood; the old master in the kiln studied all night how to burn the thick and transparent glass like that in cinemas; the master in the paper mill was also thinking about how to make the soft toilet paper like that in cinemas; the head of the police in the government tried to use "criminal thinking" to solve unsolved cases, and a group of women took handwritten leaflets to the street to promote girls' schools and recruit students...
At first, cinemas only provided the people of Liangjing with a form of entertainment that they had never heard of before.
Later, movies and cinemas gradually integrated into this thousand-year-old capital, influencing the people living here in every aspect, from spirit, life, business, skills...
In the last scene, Lu Yao, Ku Ba and Tai Er were filming their last street interview and accidentally encountered the carriage of His Majesty the Nine Thousand Years Old.
Wan Baozhu opened the curtain and saw that it was Lu Yao, so she got out of the car to be interviewed.
When asked about her favorite movie, Wan Baozhu was very conflicted.
She finally said: "The one that shocked me the most was "Moon Landing". In fact, I have watched every movie that has been shown in the cinema several times, and every time I review it, I have new inspirations. But privately, I like "I Came from 1,000 Years Ago" the most. There are still too many unknown things in the world, but I sincerely thank the seed from 1,000 years later for choosing this era and Liangjing."
The noble men and ladies sitting in the theater were all shocked. They didn't expect that Wan Baozhu, with such an identity, would be willing to appear
in the film. They had privately speculated that His Highness, who is 9,000 years old, must like "The Crown Princess" that was shown in the cinema.
"The Crown Princess" tells the story of an ambitious princess who gradually climbs to the pinnacle of power. It seems to be based on the first half of Wan Baozhu's life.
With the high regard that Emperor Wu holds her in, the second half of the story has become like a prophecy, and it may come true at any time.
But in the interview, Wan Baozhu said that her favorite book was "I Came from Thousands of Years Ago", which is not a lie. The noble children who worked with Wan Baozhu in the court actually changed their views of her a lot.
This woman is ambitious, but also talented and courageous.
She did not hide her desire to ascend to the throne even in the court, so why would she perform in the streets? Lu Yao, who
was standing opposite, responded: "In fact, it is not just the seed that chose the era, Liang Jing and the people also embraced the seed with their broad hearts, allowing it to take root and sprout. Cause and effect are connected, nothing more than this."
Wan Baozhu, who was born a thousand years ago, and Lu Yao, who was born a thousand years later, smiled at each other.
The people did not understand why this film had a prefix of "a dialogue spanning a thousand years", but some people sitting in the theater had already understood that the main part of the play was over.
The overhead lights came on, and the audience sat still.
This hour and a half passed too quickly, and there was a feeling that it was not over yet.
They never thought that their ordinary lives, framed in a square screen, could also make people sit down patiently and savor it.
When the ending song ended, the screen lit up with the word "easter egg" and a row of small words: "We have sorted out the interview clips that were not included in the film and compiled them into easter eggs, which are about a quarter of an hour long."
People who often watch movies already understand the meaning of "easter eggs", and those who are ready to stand up sit back silently.
After watching the easter eggs, the guests walked out of the theater in an orderly manner. Some went to the bathroom, and some walked out directly, standing on the steps at the entrance of the theater, looking out at the long street.
Glass is expensive, but many shop owners have changed their shop counters to glass styles, such as Jinyufang and pawnshops.
Some young people on the street were wobbling on wooden bicycles, and the girls walking on the road had bright lips and beautiful smiles.
Passing by the street corner, the crisp voice of a girl reading an article came from the wall, and the new shorts with short and narrow legs were quietly hung in the clothing store...
Compared with six months ago, the changes on the street are actually much greater than imagined.
It's just that they are immersed in such changes every day and can't notice it.
I just saw Song'an Street six months ago in the cinema, and when I came out and compared it carefully, I was suddenly shocked that the years flowed silently. Day after day, as ordinary people, they are actually in the torrent of historical changes. The
response to the premiere of the new film far exceeded Fu Chi's expectations, but unfortunately the film is very long, and it is even longer with the Easter eggs, so there is only one show in the morning and afternoon.
During the lunch break, Fu Chi said to Lu Yao, "The hotel is busy, but Die Qi and I are here, so you don't have to stay here for long."
Lu Yao asked the cleaning lady to clean the holographic projection room on the second floor carefully again, then turned to Fu Chi and said, "No, there is another guest coming in the evening, so we have to make preparations in the afternoon."
Fu Chi saw that Lu Yao looked serious, and thought of something, so he took the initiative to ask, "Do you need my friends and others to help?" The guest should give way?"
Lu Yao shook his head: "No need for that, there are two screening rooms anyway. And this person may come earlier, so the two sides may not meet each other."
Ku Ba pushed the door open. During the Chinese New Year, he asked Lu Yao to change his hair color. Now he has a head of dyed pink hair and stands by the door: "Lu Yao, there are a few barbarians who are lingering at the door and keep saying they want to see you."
Lu Yao thought for a while and asked Ku Ba to invite them to the reception room.
The visitors were indeed the people in foreign costumes that Lu Yao noticed in the morning. They saw that Lu Yao's purpose was very simple and wanted to ask Lu Yao to do business with them.
This time when they came to Liangjing, this group of foreign envoys obviously felt different from the last time they came. The city was much more prosperous and bursting with an indescribable vitality.
After watching the movie in the morning, it seemed as if the city of Liangjing was changing into what it is today day by day right before their eyes.
They were jealous and even a little angry. They
imagined that if a cinema was opened in their territory, what would their city look like in three to five years?
When Lu Yao heard this, she felt that this matter was rather troublesome.
She tactfully declined, and then introduced several large shops with a good reputation in Liangjing and a huge business. They
were just purchasing goods, which could fully meet their needs.
There were many talented and skilled craftsmen in the city of Liangjing, and some people got inspiration from movies and started to develop this or that kind of equipment. In fact, the cinema was just a place of entertainment and could not provide them with much substantive help.
After seeing off the foreign guests, Lu Yao returned to the lounge, took a nap for a while, and got up again.
Today is destined to be an extremely busy day.
The cinema is open as usual in the afternoon, and the shopping street is still in the morning.
She went to the hotel to take a look, and then inspected each store in turn. When she returned to the cinema, it was almost closing time in the afternoon.
At night, only a few people were left in the cinema to take care of the guests, and the other employees went off work on time.
As soon as the cinema hung up the "Closed" sign, a low-key carriage slowly stopped at the door, and Lu Yao went forward alone to greet it.
Wan Baozhu opened the curtain, got out first, and winked at Lu Yao.
Then came the eighth prince, and finally the real dragon.
In the morning, Wan Baozhu brought a message to Lu Yao that Emperor Wu would go out of the palace incognito in the evening for the new movie that premiered today.
Emperor Wu had come to the cinema several times privately, and Lu Yao drove him every time, so he was considered to be very familiar with the driving.
Lu Yao personally led them upstairs. They had already watched Wan Baozhu once during the day, and they had to watch it again with Emperor Wu.
However, the morning show was 2D, and the evening show was holographic, so it might not be so boring.
After settling the distinguished guests, Lu Yao closed the door of the theater and turned to walk out.
After the movie was over and Emperor Wu left safely, she could go back to the hotel.
As for the guests in the shopping street, let Fu Chi arrange them.
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Shopping street, twelve noon.
Cars drove one after another from the main road into the small road, and drove into the shopping street along the gentle slope.
The assistant drove the car, and Ji Feirong sat in the co-pilot; the cars behind were Ji Feichen, Luo Huan, Jing Yuxi, and Bai Jing's family.
The parking lot was already full of the employees' cars, and Ji Feirong's car barely managed to fit into a parking space. The others could only drive along the small road to the street and park in the middle of the road.
After the assistant got out of the car, she tried to control her expression.
She never thought that the "special place" that President Ji mentioned was in such a remote place.
What was weird was that the cars that came in after them were all luxury cars, and they all looked like they belonged to middle-class families in the city. I don't know why they gathered together.
The assistant was warning herself not to show an expression of inexperience due to ignorance, but then she saw two electric donkeys squeezed in the middle of a row of luxury cars. She blinked and looked carefully for a few times, thinking she was seeing things.
What kind of place is this?
The other guests in front also got off the car. Ji Feichen, Luo Huan, and Jing Yuxi all came alone. Four people got off Bai Jing's car.
Bai Lu was originally very determined not to watch that movie.
But in the past two or three days, Bai Jin and Bai Zheng were very excited. They started to stare at their phones and giggle while chatting. They looked a bit creepy, which made her curious again.
At noon, Bai Jing suggested going to the shopping street for lunch.
Bai Zheng and Bai Jin responded one after another, saying that they were also very greedy.
Bai Lu couldn't help it and followed them over.
After getting off the car, she was nervous and looked around. She didn't see Lu Yao, so she felt a little relieved. She
was nervous all the way, afraid of the awkward situation again. After she felt relieved, Bai Lu noticed the surrounding environment. It
was desolate and remote.
Is there really business in this area?
But seeing that the guests who came with them all looked accustomed to it, Bai Lu resisted the urge to ask.
The clerks in the shopping street heard the engine sound. It was lunchtime, so they all came out of the stores and offices to see the excitement.
Bai Lu saw Ji Qingyan and Zheng Ziyang coming out of the hotel door, and her mood suddenly became subtle. Ji Qingyan
is fine, but why is Zheng Ziyang, who claimed that he was not in good health and could not do the reception work, also here?
Bai Lu really felt that something seemed wrong.
Is she really the only one who thinks this job is not ideal?
Ji Zhixin was stunned when he saw Ji Feirong. He didn't even know she was coming today.
He walked over to help her carry the bag: "Mom, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"
Ji Feirong: "I just came to relax. Do I need to report to you?"
During the years when Ji Zhixin had a leg injury, Ji Feirong was like an ordinary worried mother, completely silent.
This year, Ji Zhixin's leg injury healed and voluntarily stayed in the shopping street. Ji Feirong also returned to the center of the Ji family's business territory, speaking and doing things frankly.
Ji Qingyan was the one recommended to Lu Yao by Ji Feirong, and she also hurried over to greet him: "Aunt."
Ji Feirong glanced at her with a smile on her face: "I thought you might not stay, are you still used to it?"
Ji Qingyan smiled and nodded: "It's very interesting here, I like this new job very much."
Bai Lu: "..."
This group of people came early, all rushing to have lunch in the store.
Lu Yao and Fu Chi were in the cinema and did not show up. Ji Zhixin invited them to the furry shop to rest and eat.
Among the group of people, only Bai Lu and the assistant were new customers. Ji Zhixin handed each of them a work badge bracelet, which they had to wear on their wrists to enter the furry shop with a more special environment.
When the furry shop was opened in the deep sea world, Bai Lu and the assistant finally understood the specialness of this street.
No wonder the person who brought them here was so secretive and excited when talking about this place.
The meal was eaten slowly, and the two of them woke up suddenly from time to time, as if they were in a dream.
After the meal, there were still 30 minutes before the movie started, so the group walked around to digest the food so as not to feel uncomfortable sitting inside later.
At this time, two more cars slowly drove down the main road. They couldn't find a parking space and could only park next to the white mirror car.
Feng Xiang and Du Mingyan followed the navigation on their mobile phones to this place. They were confused to see so many people and cars gathered together.
Fu Chi received the message and came out to pick up the people. He counted the number of people and found that they were quite crowded.
He didn't say much and led them directly to the cinema.
Du Mingyan and Feng Xiang wanted to talk to Fu Chi, but they couldn't find the chance.
Walking into the cinema, they walked from daylight into night in a second. Several people couldn't help but look back, wondering what happened.
Fu Chi greeted them from the front: "It's a bit of a time difference, don't worry. The holographic projection hall is on the second floor, I'll take you up."
After walking two steps, Fu Chi turned back and said: "I heard that there are two temporary guests who have to buy tickets first."
As he was talking, several people in ancient costumes walked down the stairs on the second floor.
Lu Yaoluo was in the middle, chatting with Emperor Wu, and suddenly felt that the surroundings were quiet.
[Author's words]
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