Elder Bai knew Shinkai Seiko fairly well.
As the Shinkai Family's sole heir, she had come to Jiuyao City by a twist of fate and become a customer of Origin Mall.
She had a particular fondness for films. Under the boss's guidance, she had completed a script and decided to turn it into a real production.
"I remember the name of this film. It seemed to be called... 5 Centimeters Per Second?" Elder Bai recalled hearing related news before, and it had left quite a deep impression on him at the time.
"Mm, the boss specially chose the name, so it probably carries some deeper meaning." Ji Wuhui had not deliberately looked into such details. "It will be screened at Origin Mall today. Why not go take a look? I'm quite looking forward to the story it tells."
Every film told a complete story.
To those outside the screen, it was merely an hour or two of rest. But to those within it, it was their entire life.
In Ji Wuhui's view, the boss might have had another, deeper purpose in making films.
Publishing film-production tutorials on the Magic Phone (posted by the system), encouraging films to be released (cinemas could be used freely)—perhaps the boss wished to create a special kingdom through this.
A kingdom of films!
Art knew no race.
Ji Wuhui suddenly recalled a sentence he did not know where he had seen.
Films were the same. Perhaps one day in the future, this art form would eventually enter every household... though it seemed that was already the case. Cinemas had been established, or were in the process of being built, in Jiuyao City and many cities throughout the Tianxing Empire.
There would also be courses specifically teaching these things. Actors, lighting technicians, screenwriters, directors... every identity