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Chapter 423 Who? Who would laugh like that when falling off the bed?
🕑 Added 2025-08-13 14:52:29 +0000 UTCThe person who has been observing the ticket sales situation in the cinema is William. As an employee of the publicity and promotion department of Washimine Entertainment, he has been here early in the morning to observe the ticket sales situation in the cinema today and carefully record it.
William's focus of observation was naturally the ticket sales today for his own movie "Iron Man" and his biggest competitor "Night at the Museum".
From the time the cinema opened to now, he found that there is basically no big difference in the ticket sales of the two movies.
But William recorded more than just the number of movie tickets sold. He also observed the composition of the audience who bought tickets, which was very helpful for future box office predictions.
In fact, according to the company's earliest forecasts, the majority of the audience for "Iron Man" should be young people between the ages of 15 and 25, while children should prefer the movie "Night at the Museum".
Even if the two are not clearly distinct, there should be a relatively obvious difference.
But according to William's observation, he found that his own "Iron Man" was not much less attractive to children than "Night at the Museum".
Boys under 5 years old and girls under 10 years old are indeed very interested in "Night at the Museum", but boys over 5 years old seem to like "Iron Man" more.
“Maybe we haven’t lost the family market?”
This thought came into William's mind.
If "Iron Man" can eat up even a part of the family market, it will be a huge blow to "Night at the Museum", which mainly targets the family market.
Thinking of this, William immediately took action.
He talked to several audience members who had bought tickets and were waiting for the movie to start in order to understand their mentality towards watching movies.
Especially for those parents who brought children, William had sufficient communication with both the parents and the children.
After communication, William found that most of the audiences chose "Night at the Museum" because the popular rating made their parents feel more at ease, while those ignorant children were attracted by the various exhibits on the "Night at the Museum" posters.
There is nothing much to say about those young audiences who chose "Iron Man". They are all fans of special effects blockbusters.
Although they didn't know much about the comic character Iron Man, they fell in love with the movie after seeing the beautiful armor and various fireworks in the movie trailer.
The same is true for those young viewers who chose "Iron Man". Many of them don't even know the difference between Marvel and DC. They simply think that the character's bright red and golden armor is particularly cool. At their age when they are trying hard to get rid of the label of "childish", the shape of the iron armor is really in line with their aesthetics.
After learning this information, William stopped collecting information.
He already has a pretty good understanding of the psychological survey of the audience before they watch the movie, and now what he needs to collect is the audience's word of mouth and their thoughts after they finish watching the movie.
This is also crucial to a movie's box office performance.
In terms of length, the 108-minute "Night at the Museum" ended much earlier than the 126-minute "Iron Man".
Especially since the plot of the movie was only about 90 minutes long, the audience left immediately after watching most of it.
As for "Iron Man" because of the Easter eggs, most viewers will pay attention and wait until the end of the movie.
Therefore, the father and his younger son walked out of the theater much earlier than his older son who went to see "Iron Man".
So the poor father could only try to find a way to reject his younger son's request to go to the sales area, while praying that his older son would come out soon.
The other party's behavior immediately caught William's attention. He was impressed by this father and son. His two sons seemed to have a little disagreement about which movie to watch.
[This family should be worth interviewing.]
Thinking of this, William immediately came over.
"Hello, sir. I am a film consultant. Can I ask you a few questions?"
William showed his work ID to the other party, but in order to ensure the validity of his answer, he did not mention that he was Washimine's investigator.
"Sure."
This situation is very common. The father had encountered it before when he went to the movies, so he immediately nodded to the other party's request.
After getting the other party's permission, William immediately asked: "Do you think Night at the Museum is good?"
"Hmm...so so."
The father seemed a little hesitant, but when he saw his excited little son, he added: "But the child likes it very much, and the content of the movie is quite interesting."
"So what about the rating for this movie?"
William took out a questionnaire about "Night at the Museum". William was able to get first-hand information for a direct comparison. He prepared a lot of information for both films.
"...A-right."
My father hesitated. If it were just him, he would give it a B.
The best part of the movie is when the museum exhibits come to life at night, but as an adult this is the only part that will appeal to him.
But that's all. Once the initial novelty wears off, the rest of the plot becomes very formulaic and stereotyped, which is a bit boring for an old audience like him who has watched countless movies.
However, considering that the child is still very excited, the father still gave him an A rating.
"OK, thanks."
William took back the questionnaire. He wanted to ask more about the specific details of the movie, but his father's eldest sons Paris and Marshall had already walked out of another screening room.
"Dad, Dad."
Paris ran to his father, hugged his father's thigh and said in a boastful tone: "Iron Man Tony Stark is so cool!"
Paris cleared his throat and imitated Tony's voice at the end of the movie: "I'm Iron Man. Um... I'm really cool!"
"As long as you are happy."
The father touched his eldest son's head. He himself felt a little itchy because of what his eldest son said.
William approached Marshall and asked, "Hello, can I ask your opinion on the movie Iron Man?"
"A+! Definitely A+!"
It was not Marshall who said this, but Paris, who was jumping and shouting at William's feet.
"Okay, I understand."
William is quite good at coaxing children. He handed the questionnaire to the child and asked him to fill it out himself.
"I give it an A+, too." Marshall gave the same answer, "The movie is cool, and Tony Stark's flamboyant personality is very different from traditional superheroes, but very charming."
Marshall thought for a moment and added, "On par with Captain Jack and Saber."
This evaluation is already very high, considering that these two are the most popular movie characters in recent years.
"Thanks."
William retracted his questionnaire to Marshall, and then he retracted his questionnaire to Parris.
"By the way, uncle." Paris pouted and whispered to William, "Can I ask a question about the movie?"
"Okay."
Of course William had seen the movie a long time ago, and it was the premiere for the internal welfare of Washimine employees.
So he didn't think that the child would be able to stump him.
"At the beginning of the movie, why did Iron Man laugh after he and the female reporter rolled out of bed together?"
William's smile froze, and he said uncertainly: "Um... maybe it's because... he thought of something happy?"
"Uncle Marshall said I would understand when I grow up. Why is that?"
William replied somewhat awkwardly: "Well, you'll know when you grow up."
[Anyway, I, an adult, don’t understand. Who would laugh like that when falling off the bed? Are you crazy?]
Looking at the family's backs as they left, William couldn't help but think so.
"Hey, Paris."
On the way home, the father asked his eldest son.
"What's wrong, Dad?"
“Is the movie really that good?”
"Yeah! It's awesome, especially the laser shot by Iron Man, biubiu~"
Paris replied with a dance of joy.
"...How about Daddy take you to see it again tomorrow?"
"Okay, okay."
"Then remember to tell your mother when you get home."
"Okay, no problem."
Paris fell into the trap without realizing it was her father who wanted to see a movie.
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While William was busy collecting audience information, Nanaya had just woken up from his happy life.
He walked through the suite lobby in his loose robe, took the newspaper from the waiter at the door, and gave a few tips.
"Shion, aren't you going to get up? The newspaper is here."
Nanaya returned to the living room and yelled at the bedroom.
"Hmm..."
In the bedroom, on a white, soft and overly large bed for multiple people, Shion, wrapped in a quilt, let out a soft moan.
Because she played too much last night, she was still drowsy.
"I say, Boss. It's time to get up."
Nanaya threw the newspaper on the bedside table, then he sat down on the edge of the bed and reached out to gently stroke Shion's slender and elastic calves.
"Um..."
Shion frowned slightly with her eyes still closed, but she did not refuse.
The bolder Nanaya began to move his hands upwards, eventually landing on Shion's snow-white and pink buttocks.
This time, Shion finally opened her eyes.
"If you dare to play with it like you did with the dough last night, you won't have this hand anymore."
Nanaya said in a teasing tone: "Didn't you enjoy it last night? That voice was really..."
"Nanaya!"
Shion puffed and threw the pillow at Nanaya's face.
"Ahem, my bad."
Nanaya took the pillow off his face and raised his hands in surrender.
Nanaya has a deep understanding of Shion's changing expressions at night and during the day.
I don’t know if it’s because of Shion’s personality, but every time I have an intimate date with Shion, she always goes through the transformation process from a strong queen to a weak young lady.
Then, early the next morning, she would turn back into the queen with such a powerful aura.
[Maybe that's her true inner self? It's kind of cute that she's different inside and out.]
Thinking of this, Nanaya smiled and stroked Shion's long green hair with his hand.
But the next second he was shoved away by the Queen in disgust.
"I'm not a little girl, there's no need to use that on me. Help me put on my clothes!"
"Yes, my queen."
Nanaya gave a bitter smile, then began to serve his big money sponsor.
