The release of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" swept across the empire like a storm, and due to the explosive quality of the film's content, the most talked about topic almost everywhere was about it.
As the director who presented this work on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Du Lin naturally became the topic of many people's mouths, and everyone began to discuss the existence of this legendary director.
Although most people in the South Territory had heard of the name Durin in the past, and knew that he was a super genius who had been promoted to a great magician at a young age, most people in the East Territory and the West Territory were hearing his name for the first time.
Of course, after hearing it for the first time, the story about Durin quickly spread throughout the East and West, and everyone knew that the person who made "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" was an extremely young great magician.
Moreover, this great magician had already released several wonderful movies in the South Territory more than half a year ago!
This fact shocked the audiences in both the East and the West who had been conquered by the movie. They found it hard to imagine that there was such a talented person in the world and they all worshipped him.
In comparison, the situation of "Vampire Song", another movie released at the same time as "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", is quite embarrassing.
Due to its extremely low quality and a price that was ten times more expensive than "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", the sales of this film suffered a Waterloo from the very beginning. After hearing its reputation, a large number of viewers would not buy tickets for the movie and would not even step into the theater.
At the same time, this caused the director of this film, Viscount Rainier of the South Territory, to completely lose his reputation. Everyone knew that this director was the culprit behind shooting this bad movie.
As a result, some of the aristocratic partners and investors who had originally made movies with him left quickly, leaving him completely alone.
This also discouraged many people who originally coveted the vast film market and wanted to come in and make a fortune. At least no one would be as reckless as these southern nobles and want to come in and make a fortune.
Under such circumstances, the first week's financial reports of major cinemas were finally compiled and handed over to Viscount Banier.
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"Ha ha ha ha!"
In the office on the second floor of the Northrick Cinema.
Viscount Banil's wild laughter could be heard clearly even across half a building, so one could imagine how excited he was at the moment.
On the other side, Du Lin just sat quietly on the only sofa in the room. After reading the specific cinema financial report, he slowly said:
"It looks like everything is going well."
Viscount Barnil did not dare to neglect Durin's bland performance. He said loudly with an expression of almost worship:
"Director Du Lin, your film JOJO's Bizarre Adventure has become a huge hit in the East and West. Movie theaters are selling so many tickets every day that they are almost piling up. In comparison, those idiots' film Vampire Song, I'm not deliberately belittling it, but when I first saw it, I knew that no one would like it. After all, you told me..."
"Interesting things will naturally be liked by people, and boring things are destined to be eliminated by history."
Du Lin's voice sounded slowly.
In response to his speech, Viscount Vanir nodded respectfully as if he were listening to an imperial decree:
"That's right. Interesting things will naturally be liked, and boring things are destined to be eliminated. Director Du Lin, what you said is really a wise saying!"
In response to Viscount Barnil's obvious flattering remarks, Durin waved his hand impatiently, interrupted him, and said:
"By the way, Viscount Rainier, how is he doing now?"
Hearing Durin's question, Viscount Barnil was stunned for a moment, as if he was surprised why the other party cared about the news of a defeated competitor, but in the end, he slowly opened his mouth and said:
"That guy? He has probably been completely abandoned by his fellow nobles and can no longer be as powerful as before. Moreover, due to the failure of this movie, the debts he owes are enough to make him lose everything he has. Although he can still keep his noble status, his family property will basically be lost. He is equivalent to being a waste."
"Is that so?"
"Yes, I heard the news before that other nobles came to collect debts from him, and now he is running around in a panic. After all, he has sold everything that can be sold, but even so, he can't pay back the gold coins invested by the investors. He has completely lost all his reputation and dignity."
"Really? It's all your fault..."
Naturally, Durin had no sympathy for Viscount Rainier.
After all, the other party treated the movies he loved with such contempt, and wanted to make a lot of money from the film industry with such despicable means. Du Lin naturally hoped that the other party would fall into a more miserable state.
Of course, lessons are lessons, and Du Lin did not compete head-on with the opponent through movies simply to deliberately destroy the opponent.
In fact, he has certain expectations for the people in this world, expectations he has had since he first came up with the idea of making a movie.
At present, it is still unknown whether this expectation can be realized, but at least, he hopes to see a little hope, even if this hope is very slim, he still hopes to see it.
After all, what changes the world is never the first torch, but the dazzling flames that continue to burn after this torch is lit!
Du Lin looks forward to greater changes in the world.
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Time flies, and it has been a month since the release of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure".
During this month, a large number of audiences in both the East and the West have watched the movie, and it has become a free promotional force, allowing more people who have never seen a movie or even don’t know what a movie is to gradually flock to the cinema.
During this period, Du Lin restarted the filming of "Kara no Kyoukai". After all, the last delay of a month was really bad. Although the TV Tavern cannot be promoted outside the Southern Territory in a short period of time, he must give an explanation to the audience in the Southern Territory who are waiting for updates.
So, while checking on the status of Chase's filming of the third chapter of "Fate Zero" and Geblen's filming of the second part of "Steins;Gate", Du Lin also filmed the seventh episode of "Kara no Kyoukai" as quickly as possible.
Therefore, in the Southern Territory and the Mage's Tower, the sixth episode of "Kara no Kyoukai" was finally officially released after all the audience's anxious wait!
Chapter 265: "The Realm of the Sky" Forgotten Recording! (Part 2)
Chapter 265
Southland TV Pub.
When the news that the sixth episode of "Kara no Kyoukai" was about to be updated came out, all the people who had their own things to do were excited.
Regardless of their original occupation, identity, or current job, at this moment, when the news of the update of the sixth episode of "Kara no Kyoukai" came, they all rushed to the TV bar in order to grab a good seat early.
Even though the update is still several hours away, they have already started talking about it.
"Although the update of "Kara no Kyoukai" has been delayed for a month, to be honest, I don't think there is any problem. After all, "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" is so wonderful. Now I actually want to watch the sequel of "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure" more than "Kara no Kyoukai".
"You are too... Although I also think that "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" is very exciting, but compared to "Kara no Kyoukai", I think it is still a little bit worse."
"Oh? What makes you say that? Jojo's Bizarre Adventure has a good plot, exciting moments, tear-jerking moments, and famous scenes and lines. It's definitely going to be more exciting!"
"I don't like what you said. Everything you said is also in Kara no Kyoukai. In comparison, the plot of Kara no Kyoukai is obviously more exciting!"
"The story of JOJO is even more memorable. The hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage. My son already shouts it every day!"
"As long as it's alive, I'll kill it even if it's a god. Isn't this also a very classic line? My stuffy boy hides in his room and says this kind of second-year line from time to time. He thought I didn't hear it. In fact, the soundproofing of my house is ridiculously poor. Even if he does some 'crafts', I can hear it clearly!"
"Stop arguing, you guys are being too ridiculous. Besides, if you ask me, I'm still looking forward to "Fate Zero" more. I heard it won't be released until March, and I really can't wait!!!"
“What the hell, I’m looking forward to Steins;Gate more. Compared to the hardcore fantasy Steins;Gate, the ones you’re talking about are just my brothers!”
"Are you saying this to start a fight?"
"Fight if you want, who's afraid of who?"
"… "
All of a sudden, all kinds of commotion broke out in the TV tavern. Since there was no Internet in this world, many controversial topics, once they started, often ended up not with thousands of people shouting at each other, but with real people fighting face to face offline.
In this case, almost every TV bar is equipped with special security personnel, who are all volunteers from the Southern Border Army.
After all, due to the discipline of the military, it is impossible for them to rush to watch TV and movies at the first opportunity.
Therefore, being a security guard who can watch TV and movies first is naturally an extremely competitive job, and those who can perform security tasks are often the backbone and elite of the army.
Therefore, with the appearance of such a group of people, the riot in the tavern was quickly brought under control. In front of the security guards with extremely high martial arts skills, no matter how powerful and irritable the old man was, he did not dare to say a word and all of them lowered their heads.
So, after the environment was brought under control, the discussion on the scene suddenly went from being tit-for-tat to gradually becoming milder.
With all kinds of expectations, people sat patiently in the pub, waiting for the official TV screening.
In a sense, this atmosphere itself is even more attractive than the TV itself, which is why most ordinary people still insist on coming to the TV pub every day even if there are no new TV shows.
The business opportunities this brought naturally made TV pub an amazing industry comparable to movie theaters.
Businessmen who were originally not optimistic about this free operation model are now dumbfounded, but at this point, even if they rack their brains, they will not be able to get a share of this industry.
There is no doubt that movie theaters and TV bars have completely changed the entertainment ecology of the entire South. The original industries have been impacted and have either transformed or closed down.
But this is the pain brought about by the progress of the times. Du Lin believes that sooner or later, the beautiful era he dreams of will take root in this world!
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At the same time, at the Imperial Academy of Magic.
The magicians received the news even earlier than the people in the South Territory. The reason for all this was very simple, because it was accidentally leaked by the Student Union President White.
At the time, Du Lin was discussing with White about a new movie that might be shot in the future, and mentioned the news that "Kara no Kyoukai" would be broadcast soon.
As a result, White was so excited when he received the news that he accidentally leaked the news to other members of the student union.
Naturally, the other members of the student union couldn't help but get excited and spread the news further afield.
In just a few hours, the news that the sixth episode of "Kara no Kyoukai" was about to be released spread throughout the entire Imperial Magic Academy.
For this reason, although Du Lin felt a little helpless, he did not care too much about it. After all, they would have to know this kind of thing sooner or later, and it wouldn't be a big problem if they knew it earlier.
However, although he felt there was no problem, the students' expectations caused a great impact on the class order of the entire college, and many students became distracted in class.
It's not just the students, even some lecturers were so excited about the upcoming movies that they became distracted during the teaching process, causing a serious decline in the quality of teaching.
In response to this fact, Dean Hohenheim immediately found Du Lin and asked him to never leak information about movies and television again.
Although Du Lin felt that he had suffered an unprovoked disaster, he had no choice but to agree to the other party's request.
After this, after almost a whole day of chaos, the day of the release of "Kara no Kyoukai" finally arrived as scheduled, and all the students and lecturers came to the Alchemy Tower as soon as possible.
Due to a large number of students who had not learned the Eagle Eye Technique and came to complain, the Lord of the Alchemy Tower, Skar, was forced to build a super TV with a huge screen in the lobby.
Although it is far less impressive than the LCD TV in the Duke of the South's mansion, it is still a miraculous magical alchemy project.
Of course, it was obvious that Dean Hohenheim had helped.
In any case, at this moment, many students of the Imperial Magic Academy are ready, looking at the screen in front of them excitedly, waiting for the official release of "Kara no Kyoukai".
Chapter 266: "The Realm of the Sky" Forget the Recording! (Part 3)
Chapter 266
The top of the Alchemy Tower.
Faced with the great sages who were already seated in a row, Durin, who was originally discussing with Scar about the news of launching TV taverns in the East and West, was suddenly dumbfounded.
"Are they always like this?"
In response to Du Lin's surprised question, Scar was stunned for a while, and finally said helplessly:
"Well, that's basically what happens when a new show comes out on TV."
"Ah, this..."
It was the first time that Du Lin saw such a scene. He didn't expect that these great sages would be so interested in TV. After being stunned for a long time, he sighed helplessly.
At the same time, many great sages have obviously set their sights on him, and it is clear that they do not want to let him go.
"Ahem, Du Lin, don't you want to come and watch it with us?"
In response to Dean Hohenheim's words that made it clear that he wanted him to come over, Du Lin immediately walked forward helplessly.
Knowing that he probably couldn't leave today, he could only helplessly wait with many great sages for the official opening of the forgotten recording of the sixth episode of "The Garden of Sinners".
... ...
Time passed by little by little. Whether it was the TV tavern in the South, the Imperial Magic Academy, or the Alchemy Tower, all kinds of discussions about movies and TV were taking place.
Just when everyone was enjoying the conversation more and more, and were about to forget about the TV itself, the picture on TV finally changed.
First, the TV picture went black, and gradually, a strange starry sky began to appear on the TV screen.
The starry sky looks like a spiral, like a huge picture, spread out in the vast black night like a glass cover.
Gradually, the scene of the movie came to a quaint house. In the house, a young black-haired girl was walking on the road. After passing through the corridor, she came to the courtyard at night.
In the middle of the yard, a black-haired boy was sitting there. People immediately recognized that this should be the young Kurotouni Kan'aya. At the same time, everyone also suddenly realized that the girl just now should be the young Kurotouni Hana.
The expressions of both of them seemed a little stiff, obviously they had experienced something unusual, and Heitong Hana's eyes were always focused on her brother, always, never moving away...
Then, just when people wanted to know what was going on here, the scene of the movie switched again and came to a very gorgeous academy.
The grown-up Heitong Hana walks in the corridor, introducing herself to the audience using her inner narration.
"I, Hana Kurogiri, am a 16-year-old apprentice magician. I have a brother, Mikiya Kurogiri, and a master, Touko Aozaki. I consider Ryougi Shiki a love rival, and I am a girl with many worries. Ah, to avoid misunderstanding, I have to explain that what worries me is not that I consider my brother as a love object. I love Mikiya Kurogiri seriously and wholeheartedly, and I don't even think it's wrong."
"For this reason, I became my uncle's adopted daughter and went to school at Reien Academy, which is full of boarding students. I lived separately from my brother so that Kanye would forget about me as his sister. But now I have only one worry, that is the woman who killed and snatched the target away in front of me!"
All of a sudden, the scene came to the memories of the black toruo flowers.
After many years away, Heitong Hana finally returned to Heitong's house. She was hoping that she could finally have a different relationship with her brother, but the moment she opened the door...
"Brother, I'm back!"