The Arnold family and Verak got into the car under the watchful eyes of Carmine, Mela and Fletcher. In the eyes of the Arnold family, there was nothing unusual about Carmine and others standing at the door with smiles on their faces. But in Victoria
In Lark's eyes, each of the people standing looked like an ice sculpture, exuding biting coldness.
"Father, mother, you go back first, Chris and I will go play for a while." Colin greeted his parents.
"Be safe." Arnold ordered and left in the car.
Colin and Verak got into another car and drove in the opposite direction out of the aristocratic mansion area.
Verak looked out through the car window, feeling happy.
"Aren't you curious about what new things I want to take you to see?" Colin asked Verak.
"Let's watch a movie." Verak said.
"How do you know?" Colin's mouth opened wide, "You have already gone to see it? Why didn't you call me? Okay, accept my appointment and go see it secretly by yourself!"
Verak shook his head helplessly: "I didn't go see it, but I heard some news that a continuous image screen that combined kinetic photography and slide show had been invented before, but at that time it only lasted a few seconds.
, now it seems like a feature film lasting several minutes has been shot.”
"Yes, yes, there is something called a projector. Just put it on the wall and a real picture will appear just like the photo. But what's even more amazing than the photo is that the thing can actually move! It's just like a real person. It's amazing.
It’s done!” Colin’s eyes were still shining when he described it, “I’ve seen it several times and still think it’s amazing. I can’t understand how it’s done... I must take you to see it today!”
"Okay." Verak once again recalled his last life.
In my previous life, I was not taken out by Colin today. Instead, I waited for a week before I got the chance and was taken to see a movie by Colin.
As a photographer, when Verak witnessed those moving images for the first time, he was no less shocked than Colin. He was speechless at the time. Later, when he returned home, he tossed and turned all night without falling asleep.
It's hard to forget those images.
That was really amazing to him.
A few years ago, he was a steelworker like Dempsey. When he went shopping in Tswold City, he accidentally saw a camera that could perfectly reproduce a person's appearance on paper.
Something, that simply subverted his cognition.
When he returned home that day, he decisively quit his job at the steel mill, took out all his savings, borrowed some money from Dempsey and Nord, and spent a lot of effort to buy an old-fashioned model that was about to be eliminated.
The portable square box camera became the only photographer in the slums. After that, he used the price to be cheaper than in the city, attracting many people in the slums who had heard of it or not to try it. It didn’t take long for him to
I paid off my debt and moved to the best single room in the slum area.
Therefore, after he saw the magic of movies, the second thing he thought about was how to make money from this thing.
"If we charge money for this thing and show it to more people, we should be able to make a lot of money." Verak said.
"You guys haven't even seen it yet, so why are your first thoughts thinking about how to make money through this? This is art, a brand new art!" Colin emphasized the word 'art'.
"Yes, art." Verak agreed.
It is foreseeable that movies will flourish like cameras. No one knows how much more magical and amazing it will develop in the future, but what is known is that this thing will inevitably give birth to a new industry with huge potential.
Half an hour later, the car arrived at a neighborhood that Verak didn't recognize. As soon as the car stopped, Colin got out of the car excitedly and took Verak into a dance hall. Although the dance hall was still noisy today, there was no music playing.
, people did not dance, but sat full under the stage.
Colin greeted the people inside familiarly: "Today's movie is called The Sea and the Seagull. It's probably going to start soon. Let's sit in the front."
The positions were all arranged in advance, and the instruments used for performance on the stage had been moved to both sides, and a huge curtain was hung in the middle of the space. Colin was rich and well-connected, so he took Verak directly to the seat.
In the front seat, the waiter placed champagne and fruit at their table.
Colin took a bite of the fruit, turned to Verak and said, "Your jaw will definitely be shocked later!"
Before long, the lights in the ballroom were turned off, and a beam of light was projected from behind them, shining on the curtain. The curtain flickered rapidly, creating some huge and real scenes.
The crowd that had been in chaos just now suddenly fell silent.
Verak turned to look at the light source, where a machine was making a humming sound.
"That's the projector, okay, look at the front, the movie is about to start!" Colin couldn't restrain his excitement and pulled Verak to let him look at the front.
Verak turned around and looked at the curtain.
The scene on the curtain is getting clearer and clearer.
"It's the coast!" Colin shouted.
Although this was a bit rude, many people in the ballroom actually screamed after the black and white picture on the curtain became clear.
"Oh my god..."
"what is that?"
"There are rocks in the sea!"
Everyone started talking.
The picture on the curtain is still changing, with snow-white waves crashing against the rocks.
"I even felt like I heard the sound of the waves." Colin looked at the curtain intently while eating fruit.
Verak was also deeply attracted by the scene. Although he had seen it a few times, this novel thing was so charming that it still made people feel wonderful after watching it again.
After the scene of waves hitting the rocks lasted for about thirty seconds, several seagulls hovered in the air, suddenly swooped down, flew low over the sea for a distance and then disappeared from the lens.
This section lasted for a full four to five seconds and directly detonated the entire audience.
"Art! Art!" When Colin saw this scene, he didn't even bother to eat. Although his head was still facing the curtain, his hands were already groping to grab Verak's clothes. "Did you see it? God, don't you?"
Amazing?! This is a movie, this is art!"
Verak raised his head slightly, unwilling to blink even if his eyes were sore: "I see, art."
The film lasted less than a minute in total. The projector lights went out and the ballroom became bright again.
The audience burst into warm applause.
Colin applauded vigorously: "It's so wonderful, I still have more to say..."
Verak was also filled with excitement when he saw it. He drank a glass of champagne in one gulp, turned his head and took a deep look at the mysterious projector, and sighed sincerely: "Lezein, what a great city."