The theater in Tulip Manor is like a classical and luxurious palace, with exquisite decorations similar to the Baroque and Rococo styles of Lu Ming's previous life, and it is decorated with many colorful lights. Sitting here, it feels like being in the vast universe.
In the entire theater, there were only Lu Ming and Christine, sitting in an extremely luxurious box in the front row. The curtains hanging on both sides were all handmade silk from Hanzhou, called "Han silk". The delicate patterns and silky smoothness were luxury items visible to the naked eye.
Lu Ming looked at the changing lights in front of the box and felt helpless. How could this be a movie
In fact, this kind of aristocratic theater and cinema is already out of date.
Today's cinemas have established the standard of modern cinemas with seats arranged in an arc shape around the screen, with low seats in the front and high seats in the back.
Even the colorful lights in the cinema, doesn't this distract people from the movie? It also affects the audience's immersion in the movie plot.
Of course, if couples are on a date, the Aristocratic Cinema is a real treat.
In fact, when movies were first invented, they were considered cheap entertainment and their target audience was mainly the lower classes.
The popular "nickel theater" is like this, where old movies from a few months ago are shown on a daily basis, and the movie ticket is only 5 cents.
More than forty years ago, nickelodeon theaters were a huge success. According to statistics, in 907, there were more than 5,000 nickelodeons across the empire, attracting three million people every day.
This was also the beginning of the industrialization of the film industry. Today, both the nobility and the middle class have accepted movies as a form of daily entertainment. Celebrities are even more popular, and superstars have entered the upper class.
Of course, the upper class that celebrities can enter is the upper class in the eyes of the general public.
And it is definitely not the circle of Christine's class.
The movie shown today is called "The Tragedy of Sanmao", which tells the story of the wandering of a poor child in the Northern Territory.
He lived in the dark world of the Northern Territory ruled by warlords, and experienced all kinds of absurd things, including the brutal incident of the city being attacked and massacred by the northern grassland barbarians. Finally, after going through hardships, he finally came to the dream land of the East China Sea. However, at the moment he saw the dawn in the morning, he was chased and driven away by patrolmen because he was a stowaway refugee with no one to guarantee him and no money to pay the rent to get a residence permit. The last shot was a close-up of him running desperately with a terrified face.
It's tragic, the box office wasn't good, but it won many awards.
Lu Ming, who was originally holding popcorn and was in high spirits, felt helpless when he saw the movie chosen by Christine.
I thought I could finally have a little leisure time, but I didn't expect Christine to have other intentions.
Christine looked at him and smiled. "Many social elites in Donghai are reflecting on themselves after watching this film. However, if Donghai can allow people to migrate, it will fall into a huge crisis. The refugee tide from the Northern Territory will engulf the city. So some people have put forward more radical views, thinking that it will ultimately depend on people like you to change the Northern Territory and bring a decent life to the people of the Northern Territory. Is this the deep intention of your investment in this film? Instead of the general feeling of filmmakers that Pioneer Pictures has changed its route after being acquired and is more willing to make profound films that expose social realities."
Lu Ming was helpless: "I didn't invest in Pioneer Pictures."
Christine nodded: "Yes, it seems that there is really no relationship between Pioneer Pictures and you. You gave the new boss cash directly, right? And then secretly signed some kind of agreement?" Then he smiled: "Okay, let's not talk about it. I admire you very much. You can subtly influence people's thoughts through movies."
Lu Ming spread his hands and said nothing. In his previous life, this was a routine operation.
Christine was wearing a gorgeous silver aristocratic skirt, but it was not a puffy skirt, and the hem was tightly tied up, making her look like a mermaid, and it especially showed her curves. Her charming feet were lightly wrapped in silver gauze, and she was stepping on sparkling champagne-colored high heels, just like the graceful tail fins of a mermaid. It must be said that Christine's figure was extremely hot, but she seldom wore such sexy clothes before.
Seeing that Lu Ming's eyes were a little dishonest, Christine said calmly: "I heard that you have been working diligently recently and have not been involved in any extramarital affairs. You have turned over a new leaf after marriage. This is the right thing to do."
Lu Ming coughed and felt ashamed. He had always done this kind of thing under another identity.
But it is true that in terms of private life, his reputation is much better now. The gossip tabloids in the East China Sea no longer use his various concubines in the Northern Territory as a gimmick to satisfy readers' hunting for beauty.
"I do feel that my mood has changed a lot. Maybe it's because I'm getting older. I suddenly feel old!" Lu Ming sighed softly.
The two stopped talking and looked at the movie screen.
Lu Ming reached out his hand and gently held Christine's soft and smooth hand. Christine did not even try to struggle symbolically and let him hold it.
Perhaps it was Lu Ming's changes, his increasingly calm and steady self, that made her gradually feel that the ideological gap between them was not that big.
Lu Ming's mind was not on the movie. He was vaguely moved, just like a man and woman in love. Every time he was with Christine, it was as if he finally had someone to rely on. He didn't have to think about anything anymore. He just felt peaceful and happy in his heart.
When the movie was about to end, there were hurried footsteps and a maid came over and whispered something in Christine's ear.
Christine shook her head, stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
Lu Ming is now very sharp-eyed and he actually heard that Christine's elder brother Hans was in trouble again. He just got into a fight with someone and broke the person's head.
"My brother Hans is in a difficult situation now?" Lu Ming stood up.
When Christine heard Lu Ming call Hans "Big Brother", she glared at him.
The main reason is that now that Lu Ming and the princess have married, they have become members of the royal family and have a generational status, which makes them younger than Christine's generation.
Otherwise, just from a personal perspective, there is nothing wrong with calling Hans "brother".
The two walked out, and Christine sighed softly. Although she didn't say anything, it was obvious that she felt a little guilty.
Lu Ming understood. Obviously, she felt that her elder brother was becoming more and more eccentric, and she was also to blame.
After all, as the eldest son of the Grand Duke, many people originally thought that Hans would inherit the throne of the Grand Duke.
However, Christine became more and more capable, and the political changes were unprecedented in a thousand years. This generation of heirs might even decide the life and death of the family. Therefore, the Grand Duke finally chose his daughter.
Although he might prefer his son to inherit the title, when it comes to the continuation of the family, he can only choose the most outstanding children as heirs. Christine, who has made a name for herself in the legal world, is obviously much more capable than her brothers.
Judging from the implicit meaning in the maid's words, this was not the first time Hans had caused trouble.
This time the trouble was even bigger. Hans was on his way to Tulip Manor when he happened to meet the convoy of Governor Smith of Innisfree State who was leaving.
For some reason, Hans got out of the car to pee. Governor Smith knew him and stopped the car to say hello. However, the conversation between the two of them broke down and Hans hit Governor Smith on the head with a stone, causing him to bleed.
Although Hans was not very old, he was almost 40 years old and had an absolutely expensive appetite. Not only did he urinate on the side of the road, he also got into a fight and broke someone's head.
No matter how you think about it, it's unbelievable. Once the media finds out, the entire Duke of Donghai's family will be brought to shame.
Today's media is already very demanding on the moral character of the nobility, and Hans's case is an absolute scandal.
Lu Ming's first thought was whether this Brother Hans was being used by someone, and someone wanted to weaken the prestige of the Grand Duke of Donghai's family, so they secretly drugged him