Movie Review

Joshua didn't offer much explanation for this performance. Letting White Thorn Flower Jazz see it with his own eyes was the best way to explain, so Joshua directly opened the suitcase, took out the master tape of Beauty and the Demon, found a flat wall in the room, and projected it.

When the movie finished, Joshua felt it was time to discuss the official screening in the theater with White Thorn Flower Jazz.

However, White Thorn Flower Jazz seemed not to have adjusted his state yet.

"I... I'm sorry... Your Excellency."

White Thorn Flower Jazz held a handkerchief and kept wiping away the tears overflowing from the corners of his eyes. All the makeup on his face was ruined by the tears.

The slightly effeminate-looking fatty from before now looked even more effeminate...

Joshua had only seen people moved to tears after watching the ending, but White Thorn Flower Jazz's tear ducts had completely burst from the middle of the movie, specifically when the Demon Prince saved Belle, who was surrounded by wolves.

Are all artists this emotional? White Thorn Flower Jazz was completely in tears now.

"A demon's appearance but a truly beautiful heart. To let the beloved live happily, he ultimately chose to sacrifice his own life. This... this is true, unregretted love."

White Thorn Flower Jazz wiped away his tears while lamenting the true meaning of the story, speaking a string of nearly a thousand words of reflection, leaving Joshua stunned.

Joshua realized there was a reason why thisSir could become the owner of this theater.

As the director himself, Joshua's only interpretation of this movie's meaning was 'don't judge a person by their appearance.' However, White Thorn Flower Jazz's reflections after watching it were far more numerous than Joshua's.

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White Thorn Flower Jazz took a few minutes to recover from the tragic atmosphere he had created.

"Your Excellency... this method of performance... is truly unheard of. It's like another world has been presented before my eyes. May I be so bold as to ask the name of this performance method?"

White Thorn Flower Jazz couldn't understand the principle behind these moving images. While watching, he felt like an observer watching events unfold in another world.

Every scene was real, not like the props on a stage play. The viewing angle wasn't just a distant view from the audience seats towards the stage.

Several times, White Thorn Flower Jazz couldn't help but reach out to touch the moving furniture in the images.

This magical experience was something White Thorn Flower Jazz could never have imagined in his lifetime.

"Movie."

The word Joshua said here was 'movie,' a completely new term for White Thorn Flower Jazz.

"Movie... movie... It truly is as Your Excellency said, it will usher in an era."

White Thorn Flower Jazz repeatedly murmured the word Joshua had spoken. He had clearly understood the meaning of Joshua's previous words.

The expression and interpretation of a story script through movies are absolutely far superior to stage plays.

Movies can completely immerse the audience in the story... unlike stage plays which require setting up scenes and changing costumes between acts. Most importantly, movies completely free the performance venue from the stage!

The movie Beauty and the Demon took White Thorn Flower Jazz to several places: a peaceful little village, a forest covered in heavy snow, and a gloomy yet warm castle.

But besides his admiration and astonishment for the movie, White Thorn Flower Jazz also felt a faint sadness.

Because the beginning of one era signifies the end of another. The appearance of movies perhaps formally announces the decline of stage plays, just like White Thorn Flower Jazz's theater, no matter how glorious, will eventually be forgotten.

But this sadness was quickly swept away by the appearance of Beauty and the Demon.

"Your Excellency, do you really intend... to screen this movie in my theater?"

White Thorn Flower Jazz knew that the moment this movie was released, it would be recorded in the annals of this world's history!

"I don't think the Nolan National Theater would receive me with such grandeur."

Joshua raised the cup of hot black tea beside him and took a small sip. As expected, being essentially a programmer, he preferred coffee to black tea, but green tea and cola were Joshua's favorite drinks.

He just didn't know if there were coffee beans in this world.

"Exactly! The guys at that theater are a bunch of despicable swindlers... merchants who don't understand what art is at all!"

White Thorn Flower Jazz felt intense hatred whenever he thought of the theater that had poached all the troupes under his command.

But he quickly adjusted his demeanor. In this day and age, even the most brilliant artists had to eat by money. The recent continuous losses of the theater had made White Thorn Flower Jazz realize this point, so he knew that the following conversation was not between two artists, but between merchants.

"My lord, I will fully arrange the screening of this movie in the theater, including the promotional work. As for the income from ticket sales, how about you take seventy percent?"

If White Thorn Flower Jazz wasn't so short of money that he couldn't pay his subordinates, he might have chosen for Joshua to take a hundred percent, as long as this movie could be shown in his theater.

"No problem."

Compared to movies on Earth, where after the box office revenue from the screening, the theaters had to take a cut, various promotional expenses had to be paid, and various taxes had to be settled before the production side could get the box office share, the terms offered by White Thorn Flower Jazz were very generous.

Not to mention that the investment in Joshua's movie should theoretically not have cost a single penny; it was all pure profit.

"Then please wait a moment, allow me to write a contract. Also, my lord, you can first go to the Patent Association to register the copyright of this movie and the patent for your technology."

Nolan was a country with a contractual spirit. At least Nolan's laws were already very complete, and even things like 'lawsuits' had already taken initial shape.

"I will do that. Before that, I'd like to see the environment of this theater."

The scale of this theater was large enough, and the interior decoration was luxurious enough, but these were all prepared for stage plays. The performance venue might also be prepared for stage plays.

There was still a certain difference between a cinema and a theater. Before the movie was released, Joshua had to temporarily transform this theater into a cinema.

"Of course, that's no problem. Please follow me."

White Thorn Flower Jazz stood up and personally led Joshua to visit the theater.

When he pushed open the door, Joshua saw Helan and Ciri, who had been waiting outside for nearly two hours.

A servant had specially found a table and two chairs for them, and there was black tea and snacks on the table. It seemed that these two sisters had enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea during these two hours, and also... hundreds of Tennis for Two matches.