The tourism industry in Laltimor was very well-developed. Every year, it received about 20 million tourists.
According to the official data, this number was increasing every year. This was almost equivalent to one-third of the Federation's people coming here every year!
Of course, there were also some overseas tourists. The Federation's movies and culture were gradually accepted by more and more people as the Bayer Federation's international strength grew stronger.
This was easy to understand. If someone was punched or saw someone else being punched by the Federation, they would definitely analyze why the Federation won.
There had to be a reason!
A country's understanding of another country could not be purely from a military or economic point of view. It should be understood from a comprehensive point of view. This made it easy for the Federation's culture to be exported.
A large number of Federation's movies, books, music and other cultural products were exported overseas. In addition to bringing in a lot of profits for the Federation's businessmen, it also gave more people a comprehensive understanding of the Federation.
The Federation's tolerant and open culture attracted many people. More and more people began to choose the Federation as a must-visit for international tourism!
It was the tourist season now. The streets were full of people!
People's attention was on those attractions. They did not notice that the real big stars were right beside them!
The three of them had a meal of "bullet steak." This was the food that the main character in a western movie often ate. He had a three-barreled machine gun. His favorite thing was to put the steak on the gun barrel and then shoot!
Continuous shooting would cause the gun barrel to heat up quickly. The temperature was enough to cook the steak. With some … gunpowder smell, this became the very famous "bullet steak."
Of course, the cooking method in the restaurant was not so primitive. It was also safer.
In fact, these things were not much different from ordinary steaks. They were just placed on a copper pipe that was made of pure copper and made into a gun barrel.
Because the kitchen utensils used to cook it were different from ordinary steaks, its price was several times higher than other steaks.
The people in Laltimor were very good at making money. The businessmen were like this, and so were the locals.
Along the way, Lynch saw many people who were selling celebrity autographs with dozens of boards in their hands. They were all local residents.
They had their own jobs. In their free time, they might be extras. But most of them were running around.
The so-called running was to carry a backpack full of writing boards around to "chase after celebrities".
This was the movie capital. Almost every day, there would be big and small stars coming in and out of this place. The locals had their own channels of information. What they had to do was to ask for autographs.
As for those signatures, they were the signatures in the hands of those hawkers.
Their prices ranged from a few dozen yuan to a few thousand yuan. There were even some treasured items that cost more than ten thousand yuan.
Tourists liked these things very much. They hoped that when they returned home, they could take out a writing board with a celebrity's autograph in front of their family and friends to receive screams and envy.
According to the statistics of a not-so-authoritative organization, Larde's Demo sold more than one million autographs from different celebrities every year, and more than 80% of them were fake!
Yes, almost all of them were fake.
At first, it might have been true, but later, people found that tourists would even buy the signatures of celebrities they didn't know. This gave them the courage and motivation to create fakes.
Anyway, the tourists only needed some souvenirs, and they were selling souvenirs.
There was no need to run around, no need to shout. All they had to do was take out the writing board and copy it themselves. A few dozen yuan worth of goods would appear. This was no slower than printing money.
This also led to many signature verification organizations in Larde's Demo. The handwriting masters in these organizations could verify the authenticity of a signature. They would issue a certificate to prove the authenticity of the signature.
Of course, these organizations would also sell autographs, but the price of the autographs here was much more expensive than the ones in the hands of roadside peddlers.
"Don't just give out autographs. You don't know if those people are movie fans or autograph peddlers. I don't want my kindness to be treated as a transaction!"
This was what Penny told Lynch. Fortunately, the three of them were not discovered.
In the afternoon, they returned to the hotel to rest for a while and prepare for the premiere in the evening.
The premiere was set at five o 'clock. This time … was a little strange.
The palace was one of the five largest cinemas in Larde's Demo. It was very luxurious. It was originally built for a biopic film. The main character was, of course, His Majesty the Emperor.
In the era when there was not much film technology, in order to pursue a more realistic texture, the producers spent a lot of money to build a miniature version of the palace.
After the movie was finished, it was not torn down. Instead, it was sold to a businessman.
The businessman then transformed it into a multi-purpose theater. Not only could you watch movies, but you could also watch operas. There were also restaurants, meeting rooms, and so on. It was also a very high status in Larde's Demo.
This time, the premiere was set at the palace cinema. The movie was about eighty minutes long. When the movie ended, it was just in time for dinner.
In order to compete for the award, Fox Pictures was naturally willing to spend money.
All the audience members who participated in the premiere could enjoy a sumptuous dinner in the huge restaurant after the screening. The restaurant was enough to accommodate six hundred people at the same time!
In Larde's Demo, perhaps only this restaurant was so huge. After all, the value of its existence was to reflect the scene in the movie where the royal family entertained the nobles.
Little Fox had personally chosen this place. Some people saw through his intentions, and some were playing dumb.
At around four o 'clock, Lynch and the two girls were already up and ready. He would be the last "star" to appear, so there was still some time.
Many stars were invited to this premiere. From around three o 'clock, the outside of the palace cinema was packed with people.
The locals, reporters, and all kinds of tourists, people seemed to have gone crazy as they shouted the names of every star who walked on the red carpet.
The enthusiastic people made it seem like a festival!
The appearance of the main production team pushed the atmosphere to the peak!
People hysterically shouted the names of the male lead, the director, and the other actors.
As social animals, human emotions were very complex. With the spread of the group's fanaticism, people who were originally not very interested or were not blindly crazy about the stars also began to go crazy!
Little Fox looked at all this and finally showed a satisfied smile.
This was the path he had to take to reach the peak of his life. Just a few years ago, he could only give some advice to his loan shark father in a cold and damp basement.
But a few years later, not only did he put the management knowledge he learned in university to use, but he also achieved one of his life goals, which was to become the CEO of a listed company and a major shareholder.
After tonight, once the critics' reviews came out, Fox Pictures would be listed in Buen the day after tomorrow. Then, the hot box office would directly ignite the market's enthusiasm, and the stock price would skyrocket!
He might not be the most powerful CEO of a production company, but he was definitely the youngest!
"How many more?"
He turned to his assistant with a glass of wine in his hand. The latter glanced downstairs. "There's one more car!"
Yes, there was still one last car. The fact that the female lead and the supporting actress did not appear in the main production team had already been discovered. They realized that there must be a very important person attending the premiere, so they left the two most important roles behind and arranged for them to be separately arranged.
As an ivory white luxury car with silver rims drove in from afar, the flashes of the venue did not stop.
The first to come out was Nelly. People were shouting her name, and the fanatical fans kept pushing forward to challenge the bottom line of the security guards.
Then came Penny. People's cheers became louder, and people looked forward to the last person in the car.
Some people were shouting Lynch's name at this time. In just a few breaths, everyone began to shout Lynch's name.
When Lynch came out of the car, it was also the first climax of the premiere!
Some foreign tourists and foreign reporters did not know Lynch. They kept asking the people around them who he was.
In the Palace Cinema, some people looked at Lynch, who was cheered like a returning emperor, with different expressions.
Some people liked him, and there must be people who didn't like him. Some old film makers were not very fond of Lynch. Movies were gradually being labeled as "art."
And they were the founders of art.
For these people, there were many reasons to dislike Lynch.
For example, he was very young, and they were already old. The era was slipping away from them, which also made them hate those young people more and more.
For example, he was half a screenwriter. In the film industry, screenwriters … were always a small group of people who were not liked.
For example, he was a member of a production company. These people did not understand art at all. They always meddled in the shooting of movies.
For example … he was very rich!
There was nothing wrong with being rich, but the wrong thing was that this was a palace of art. Art was more important than life!
However, they had to show their respect to Lynch, because this was the Federation, and money was everything!
Lynch stepped on the red carpet with two popular girls in his arms. The fans rushed to them like a tide. Fortunately, the security guards blocked these crazy people.
Every time he stopped, the crowd would scream. Every time he waved to the crowd, he would get a positive response. People were completely immersed in a certain mood!
After walking down the red carpet, Lynch's eyes were about to go blind!
He admired the two girls of the Year of the Snake. They were not uncomfortable in the face of such a strong light.
After signing their names on the sign-in book, the three of them finally waved to the crowd and entered the cinema.
"It's finally over …"