[Rebirth] King of Theater

To Randy's surprise, Al and Matt get along very well.

In particular, when Matt took the initiative to find topics to talk about some music-related topics, Al also asked some questions about "The Laughing Man".

At that time, he was planning to write a character song for Usus, the vagabond artist who adopted the hero and heroine in "Among the Laughing Men".

This is a character who has experienced the hardships of life, sees through the sufferings of the world, is well-informed, and has his own set of life philosophies. Only one word can be said: 'Yes'.Acknowledgment and consent are all their rights. ]

However, despite being able to say such extremely reasonable words, this character cannot be very heavy.

Because his sobriety is wrapped in layers of laughter and scolding, the side he shows to the outside is often extremely unscrupulous.

In this way, it is necessary to show the intelligent side of the character without being too serious, let alone give people a dogmatic sense of "I am reasoning with you", otherwise, it is not Ursus, a wandering entertainer, but It's a serious antique that came out of nowhere.

Matt has a lot of insight into this unscrupulous character: "Your writing is too elegant and complicated."

Then, he wrote a melody and a few words directly according to the rhythm of the spoken language, and said casually: "If the audience can forget that the people on the stage are singing, it should be quite fun."

Al immediately applauded convincingly: "I was wrong."

He thought and said: "The audience can't accept so much information in a short period of time. The song is to promote the narrative of the plot. The simpler and easier to understand, the better. If you hear a line of lyrics, it takes 5 minutes to think about it. You know, that would suck."

Matt waved his hand: "Don't be reasonable, I'm too lazy to listen."

Al laughed.

Randy always felt that this father was all kinds of unreliable.

But in Al's eyes, Matt was cute and real.

However, on the way back, when Randy said 'I didn't expect my dad to like you'...

Al smiled again: "Do you really think so?"

"Thinking about what?"

"Matt likes me."

"Is not it?"

"On the contrary, I think he hates me."

"Hey? What do you say?"

Randy became anxious all of a sudden, and asked a series of questions: "Did you two have a good chat, did he bully you while I was out, did he speak harshly..."

Al looked at him amusedly, and said half-truthfully, "No, he just blamed me for abducting you."

He paused and said, "Matt loves you very much."

"Of course he loves me, he can't do without me." Randy laughed, thinking Al was joking.

Then, he changed his tone and said, "You didn't abduct me, in fact, I abducted you... Well, should I also visit your house?"

"My house!? I'll study it another day..."

It may be that the meeting with the parents went well this time. Matt’s open-minded and natural attitude diluted some of the uneasy emotions in Al’s heart. When he heard Randy’s request, he didn’t find it difficult at the first time. After thinking about Sylvie The madam's possible reaction, instead, she felt strangely amused, thinking: "If everyone has come to the front, will she still pretend that nothing happened?"

Thinking about it this way, it's really a bit ready to move.

But thinking about it, Al will soon run out of time to continue his leisurely romance and meeting his parents.

A few days later, Luke came over and told him about 'Pierre Frondi wanted to buy the theater'.

After talking about the whole thing, he added a few more words: "There is no need to tell you this little thing, and we didn't have any plans to sell the theater. However, it seems that the guy not only found me, but also found other people. For example, our old brothers, Best, Bill, Barry...even, the Smith you promoted. In short, almost everyone in our theater was recruited by him. I don’t know the specific situation of others, but, Best and the others quietly told me that this shameless bastard promised them that if this deal is successful, they will definitely be rewarded heavily."

Al listened, and slowly frowned: "Speak directly, Luke."

He said soberly and calmly: "If there is nothing else in this, it is still not difficult for you to deal with it. So, is someone tempted?"

"Al." Luke couldn't help sighing: "Oh, sometimes you're terribly smart."

As he spoke, he glanced over and said with a complicated expression on his face: "That cunning fellow Pierre Forondi has indeed won over a lot of us. But don't worry, everyone is not some ungrateful bastard. No one wants to betray us. But, you also know, our group of brothers are quite uneducated, so their brains are also stupid. After being fooled by that bastard, they all thought it would be more cost-effective to sell the theater to make a profit. so……"

"So, they came to talk to you?" Al asked.

Luke nodded: "They asked me to persuade you, if the theater doesn't make money, it's better to sell it for cash, so as to save you from continuing to repay the bank loan."

"So, what about you?" Al asked, staring at Luke for a moment.

He said, "Do you think so too?"

Luke hesitated for a few seconds: "To be honest, I think what he said makes sense."

He explained slowly: "The audience of the theater has been declining. We have been doing ticketing since we were young, and we are very familiar with it. But in recent years, apart from the fact that our theater has made a lot of money with Vincent, we have also cooperated with various The cooperation business between universities and colleges is not losing much money for the time being, and other theaters are basically struggling to support it, which can only be said to be just enough. On the contrary..."

Luke paused, and raised his eyes to look at the expression of his little friend.

Let's talk about the matter, from the heart, he definitely doesn't want to have any quarrel with Al because of this.

Fortunately, Al still looked calm, and made a gesture to let him continue, and then smiled at him, indicating that he was not angry because of these few truths.

So, Luke continued: "On the contrary, according to my recent survey, the movie theaters are often full in recent years, and have gradually become the new trump card of mass entertainment. I also went to a few nearby movie theaters to have a good time. After some investigation, not to mention the cheap ticket prices, there are many types of movies, and the development prospects are indeed very promising, which is something our theaters simply cannot do.”

"So, now you think I should sell the theater too?"

Al couldn't help but smile.

Who knows, Luke said firmly: "No, why sell it? I mean..."

He shrugged with a smile: "I mean, we can also be a movie theater."

The author has something to say:

I don't look for a reason, I'm in a bad mood these days, and my illness is not recovering well, which makes me angry all day long.

Well, the current update is that I will spend a few more days at the end of the month, and in April, I will finish it in one go while earning a full attendance.

PS. If you have time, save my pre-receipts. I decided to finish this book, and then I will open the other one, and it will continue in the middle (but there may be some new themes, so I don’t force it, everyone is free).