After all, in her impression, although Du Lin always looked nonchalant, he was kind-hearted. Helena never thought that he could say such cruel words so calmly.
Du Lin's seemingly simple words describe the tragedy of a man's life and career being destroyed.
But soon, Helena also realized that many things cannot be simply distinguished by good, evil and justice. Breaking the old era and creating a new era is destined to involve blood and tears.
Although Du Lin has a kind heart, it does not mean that he will be soft-hearted when it comes to fighting.
Thinking of this, while Du Lin's image in Helena's mind gradually changed a little, the former had already arrived in front of a building with a letter.
"Excuse me, is Manager Rondo Dutch here? I'm Dulin Edward, and I want to see him for something."
The guard outside the troupe was stunned for a moment at Du Lin's words, and immediately entered the troupe with the letter.
After a while, he came out and said:
"Well, this is what Manager Rondo said..."
"How?"
"Is that Durin Edward who produced the movie? Get him out of here!"
"… "
Hearing the guard's imitated words, Du Lin was stunned.
Chapter 369: Showdown! Movie VS Stage Play!
Chapter 369
Although it was expected, Du Lin still found it difficult to accept the rejection that was directly in front of him.
On the other side, Helena was watching all this with a gloating look on her face. It was obvious that she was very happy to see Du Lin being humiliated.
"Can't you be flexible?"
In response to Du Lin's question, the troupe's guard simply shook his head and said:
"Manager Rondo used to be a good person, but in the past two months, after the movie came out, his temper has become more and more irritable. From time to time, he would be alone and swearing, so..."
"I see."
Knowing the other party's situation, Du Lin immediately showed a distressed expression.
After all, according to the gatekeeper, this Rondo Deutch seems to have a lot of opinions about his own movies.
Communicating with such a person, and even wanting to borrow his five daughters, is surprisingly difficult no matter how you think about it.
But having come this far, Du Lin naturally had no intention of backing down.
So he called out to Helena beside him, and while there was no one around, he used wind magic to enter the troupe.
If soft tactics don't work, then use hard tactics. As a great magician who is about to reach this level, there is no reason for Du Lin to give in when facing an ordinary person.
So he immediately searched room by room, and finally saw a place with the words "Administrator's Office" written on it at the end of the corridor.
“Pah.”
Helena was originally planning to think about her lines for her entrance, but Du Lin didn't hesitate at all and broke into the room directly.
"Who are you?"
In the room, a middle-aged man who looked younger than expected but whose wrinkles on his face barely showed his vicissitudes of life looked at him in surprise.
Du Lin did not hesitate at all and said decisively:
"I am the Dulin Edward who you told me to get out of here."
"... ..."
After hearing Du Lin's words, the troupe manager named Rondo Dutch fell silent.
After a while, he slowly said:
"Are you here to seek revenge on me? I have heard that the genius magician Durin Edward from the South Territory is very approachable and never puts on airs like a great magician. It seems that this rumor is false."
“Heh…”
Hearing that the other party seemed to be deliberately provoking him, Du Lin immediately curled his lips.
Given his personality, he certainly wouldn't use his magician's abilities to deal with an ordinary person, but in order to make a movie about His Majesty the King, he still had to use some extraordinary means.
On the other side, Rondo Dutch was not panicked and said calmly:
"Of course, I didn't just say that out of anger. Even though you are the most talented magician in the empire, I still have some preparations."
"Prepare?"
"There will be some guests here soon."
"guest... ... "
Unable to understand the other party's words, before Du Lin could come to his senses, the door behind him was opened again.
Seeing the figure walking in, both Du Lin and Helena were slightly surprised.
"Knight Commander Wycliffe, and Deputy Commander Leah?"
Hearing Du Lin's words, the two people who walked out of the door were slightly surprised. They didn't expect him to be here.
Although Rondo Dutch, who was far away, was also surprised that the two sides actually knew each other, he was less surprised because he knew Du Lin's name.
As a result, the scene naturally fell into chaos.
It took Du Lin a while to realize the situation at the scene.
It turned out that Knight Commander Wycliffe and Deputy Commander Leah, as soldiers of the Empire, led the Knights to the Western Border in order to prepare for the confrontation with the Orc Kingdom in the west.
But just a while ago, the movement from the Orc Kingdom suddenly died down, and the huge force that had been assembled gradually withdrew, as if they suddenly had the idea of stopping the war.
The Human Empire investigated for a long time, and after confirming that it was not a trick of the Orc Empire, they stopped the original assembly, and the troops that came to support were suddenly in a state of doing nothing.
After all, now that we're here, we can't just retreat like that. We still have to guard against a second attack from the Orc Empire.
But just letting the soldiers pile up on the border without any training or relaxation or entertainment is really not a solution.
So at the suggestion of his subordinates, Knight Commander Wycliffe brought Deputy Captain Leah to the Ludasas Fortress to find the famous theater manager Rondo Dutch to perform a stage play for his subordinates.
The reason why they didn't just find someone to show the movie was because the Ludasas Cinema had just been opened, and the imaging crystals inside were very valuable and could not be borrowed at all, so they had to settle for the next best thing and find Rondo Dutch, who had a good reputation locally, to perform in a stage play.
Now, after learning everything, Du Lin first glanced at Rondo Dutch in the distance, and realized that the other party was so confident because he believed that he would not do anything in front of the Imperial Knight Commander.
In fact, it is true that he would not take the initiative to do anything in front of Wycliffe and Leah.
But that doesn't mean he won't do anything...
Therefore, facing Wycliffe and Leah, he said directly:
"Isn't this a coincidence? Since I'm here, you don't have to find anyone to perform in a stage play. I can just bring the imaging crystal over there and show the movie to the soldiers over there."
"Really?"
Wycliffe and Leah were immediately surprised to hear Du Lin's words.
After all, they have been organizing the team in the Western Territory for a while and have no time to watch movies. They also didn't have time to watch many movies that came out some time ago. Now, when they heard Du Lin's words, they were naturally excited from the bottom of their hearts.
And Du Lin deliberately glanced at Rondo Dachi and said in a very deliberate tone:
"Of course, compared to movies, stage plays and the like are basically obsolete by the times. If you have the time, you might as well..."
"What did you say?!"
In an instant, as Du Lin expected, Rondo Dutch stood up angrily.
His anger could be felt from a distance. Even though he was just an ordinary person, he still roared at the great magician Durin:
"So-called movies are nothing but heresy. I don't recognize this kind of thing as the future of the times. I will never recognize it!!!"
"Then I want to ask the manager, have you ever seen the movie?"
"this... ... "
Seeing Rondo Dutch's silence, Du Lin smiled and said:
"In that case, how about we decide the winner with performances? You perform a stage play, and I show a movie. The soldiers of the Imperial Knights and the Western Army will evaluate which one is more interesting? Let's use facts to decide who is the future of the times!"
"... ..."
As soon as Du Lin finished speaking, the scene fell into silence.
Chapter 370 The movie I brought is "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"!
Chapter 370
Manager Rondo Dutch finally agreed to Dulin's invitation to a duel. After all, Dulin said such words in front of him, and it was impossible for this strong-willed manager of the troupe to compromise so easily.
Seeing this, Du Lin naturally put forward his own conditions for the duel.
"I heard that you, Manager Rondo, have five quintuplet daughters who look alike. If I win this duel, can you ask them to do me a favor and star in the movie?"
“You want my five daughters to be in a movie?”
When Rondo heard what Du Lin said, he was stunned.
After a long while, he slowly said:
"Okay, but if I win, I need you to admit to the public in the name of a film director that movies are inferior to stage plays, both in terms of art form and fun!"
"… "
No one expected that the Rondo manager would attach so much importance to the reputation of the stage play, and everyone at the scene was surprised.
Helena couldn't help but look at Du Lin, not wanting him to accept such an unreasonable request.
However, facing all this, Du Lin just smiled and said:
"Of course, Manager Rondo, if you can really convince me, I can admit that movies are not as good as stage plays. However, I always believe that interesting things will be liked by people, and boring things will be eliminated sooner or later. Which one is more interesting, movies or stage plays, the facts will prove everything."
"… "
Upon hearing Du Lin's words, Manager Rondo's face suddenly turned pale.
He looked at Du Lin in front of him intently, then turned around and left the scene.
…
Afterwards, when everything was ready, everyone went together to the military camp where the Western Army and the Imperial Knights were stationed.
On the side, Du Lin glanced at Manager Rondo in the distance. Behind him, the entire stage play troupe he led had assembled, and his five daughters were naturally among them.
Faced with the five actors he had booked, Du Lin naturally couldn't help but observe them carefully.
Facts have proved that Banil's news was indeed correct. The five daughters of Rondo's manager did look very similar and had the same beauty, exuding the breath of youth.
Faced with these five lovely girls, even a gentleman like Du Lin couldn't help but take a few more glances at them, and for a moment he forgot to look away.
"I didn't expect that you, Du Lin, are such a shameless and lecherous person."
Suddenly, Helena's voice rang out beside me.
Du Lin was stunned for a moment and quickly retracted his eyes, coughed twice and said:
"Ahem, I was just auditioning, Helena, how can you slander someone's innocence like this?"
"Humph, she's just a little prettier..."
Seeing the girl turning her head away and ignoring him, Du Lin immediately showed a confused expression, not knowing what the other party was angry about.
On the other side, Knight Commander Wycliffe slowly walked over from a distance and said:
"Director Du Lin, do you really want to compete with Manager Rondo? Although your movie is indeed beyond imagination and amazing, the Five Leaf Clover Theater under that manager is the most famous stage play troupe in the West. Even now, there are still many audiences fascinated by it, so..."
"You don't have to worry about this, Knight Commander."
Without paying attention to the other party's concerns, Du Lin suddenly said:
"By the way, what is the situation in the Western Territory? Has the Orc Kingdom really stopped its attack?"
"It's very strange. The Orc Kingdom had gathered a large army some time ago to fight us to the last hurdle. The Mage Tower was ready to send a great sage to support the front line. But just a few days ago, the orc army that had been assembled suddenly disbanded. It seems that even their own commander didn't understand what happened."
"So that's how it is..."
Upon hearing what Knight Commander Wycliffe said, Durin immediately revealed a subtle expression.
After all, although Du Lin was not clear about the specific situation, he always felt that the sudden withdrawal of the Orc Kingdom might be closely related to his movie.