Chapter 206 Can I get scalper tickets for watching a movie?

Night gradually falls.

Near a Wanjia supermarket in Beijing, a large group of children were still playing like crazy, running and playing inside and outside the supermarket.

When some people saw a large number of staff coming out of the supermarket and hanging some font banners, they gradually gathered around to watch the excitement.

Gao Yuanyuan still followed her brother, reading and asking, "What does it say? What does it say?"

Brother Gao looked impatient, "You can't read it yourself? You don't know the words?"

After complaining, he explained, "Hey, the theater on the fourth floor of Wanjia has been renovated? It will open at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. Wow, we can watch movies inside. A ticket is only 30 cents, not expensive.

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"Today is Monday, but it will be National Day soon..."

After pumping his fists a few times in excitement, Mr. Gao decisively called on some of the younger ones to run towards the fourth floor. The anxious eight-year-old beauty also raised her short legs and chased after them.

When a group of children rushed up to the fourth floor, they found that the fourth floor was already crowded with people. Not only were people wearing Wanjia security uniforms patrolling, there were also police officers in police uniforms maintaining order.

There are really too many people!

At the ticket counter, someone grabbed the loudspeaker and shouted more than once, "Calm down, everyone, the screening of Jurassic Park will only start tomorrow, not tonight."

In response to such words, many people also responded.

"Before you show it for a fee, don't you need to find some people to come and try it out? Try the machine or something? We can help for free."

"That's right. There are six screening halls that can accommodate more than a thousand people. You should at least show a few shows in advance to test the equipment. You can't go to the charging section and watch something go wrong, which will delay everyone's movie viewing, right?"

"I've heard that there are enough air conditioning and heating pipes inside. Let us experience it first."

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At the end of September 1987, it was still the time when the autumn tiger was raging.

Although Wanjia has halls on the first, second and third floors and so on, the air-conditioning blown by the central air conditioner is not weak, but...there are so many people coming and going, coming in and out, so many people gathering together, the more people there are, the more the atmosphere will be messy.

There is always a tendency for the temperature to continue to rise.

Everyone feels that it is better and more comfortable to go into separate screening rooms and enjoy the air conditioning.

The manager of the projection department who grabbed the microphone laughed angrily, "Thank you for your kindness, we have already conducted internal previews many times in advance!"

"There are so many people and chaos, not to mention petty theft, it can also easily cause a safety stampede. Unrelated people should leave as soon as possible. It will be eight o'clock tomorrow..."

Just persuading and arguing.

After 8 o'clock in the evening, all other floors were closed for rest. The fourth floor was still brightly lit and air-conditioned, and a large number of people gathered.

Because the branch also has an evening policy, the six screening rooms collectively play a few rounds of movies until tomorrow (Jurassic Park), which is considered the official evening screening.

Wanjia internal employees, including family members, can watch movies for free.

Movie schedule? Of course it’s not Jurassic, but old movies that have been released in the mainland before, such as (Super Body), (A Chinese Ghost Story series), (The Love of Ghosts), (The King of Flowers) and so on.

Many of these old films are circulating in the video tape market, and many people have watched them more than once.

As soon as this information came out, naturally many relatives from the Wan family came to try out the screening and watch the movie. Although the entrance to the theater on the fourth floor and the passage between the screening rooms were erected with prohibition of smoking during the screening to avoid contaminating the internal air circulation.

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However, in the Wanjia employee system, you can still bring melon seeds, popcorn, drinks, etc. from the employee home on the fourth floor to watch and eat at the same time.

It was under such circumstances that Brother Gao sneaked in with his sister... He had already started school and had evening self-study, but the situation in college was different. After chatting with the teacher in the new semester, he refused to go to morning and evening self-study.

It's enough to study by yourself and take care of your sister.

After experiencing a super comfortable and superior movie-watching experience, after watching a re-release of a (super-body) movie, Brother Gao was shocked, "Cool, it's really cool, even though I saw it on the video tape

, watching it again, I still feel..."

Super Body was released in 1985. He was only 12 years old at that time. Although he had seen it, he felt that it was super burning and very comfortable. But when he watched it again when he was 14, his personal feeling seemed to be different.

Gao Yuanyuan was also stunned and didn't blink the whole time. Looking at the people in the screening room who were getting up and walking out, or walking in from outside, she whispered, "It's almost ten o'clock. Is it time to go home?"

In their family, both parents are highly educated and talented. They are usually busy with work and have unstable time at home. On a daily basis, the senior brother takes care of the younger sister, and the junior high school student takes care of the elementary school student.

Brother Gao said decisively, "Why go back? If you are sleepy, sleeping here is more comfortable than at home. Take a walk and watch a Chinese Ghost Story. Watching movies on the big screen and small screen, the experience is really different."

“It’s free, no money required, and it’s such a comfortable way to watch movies. It’s so cool!”

Before Wanjia Cinema came out, five to six hundred, seven to eight hundred or even a thousand people crowded into a large screening room to watch movies in the hot summer. Some smoked, drank, ate stinky tofu, and took off their shoes to show their athlete's foot.

Body odor...

It’s a chaotic mess, and when the weather is in the 30s or 40s, the best you can do is bring a paper fan to fan yourself with some hot air.

There are two to three hundred people sitting in a screening room, sitting on comfortable sofas, enjoying the abundant air conditioning and ventilation ventilation ducts, watching movies. Occasionally, patrolmen will come in, and if they find someone smoking, they will go up and persuade them to put it out.

Lose.

This is for kids...and not just kids!

But many adults have brought epoch-making movie-watching experiences.

Then, Brother Gao and Gao Yuanyuan quickly discovered that when they went to the A Chinese Ghost Story 1 hall to watch the movie, the place was full of people. It was full.

The screening room where I diverted to watch the second movie was also full. Not only were the seats full, but there were also people standing in the aisle to watch.

As the time got later and later, many people heard the news and knew that Wanjia's theater would not be closed tonight. More and more people came to kill them. Even the sofa area in the ticket hall where the audience rested, there were people sitting there.

Read there, chat, etc.

This is the capital city. Even though it is still a suburb at present and belongs to the concept of urban-rural fringe, it is still a place where talents from all over the country gather together.

Most of them live in Datongpu Hotel and Guest House. Living in those places is really not as comfortable as Wanjia.

Let’s just say that Datongpu Hotel has squat toilets and even dry toilets. There are even dilapidated wash basins that require you to fetch water by yourself. On the fourth floor of Wanjia, there are ample public toilets. Although they are not toilets, they are flush and have single rooms.

The partitions are much cleaner than many hotels.

It has its own tap water hand wash basin, free hand sanitizer, etc., and there is also a free boiling water room with unlimited self-service...

Wait a minute, you bring a mat and lie down on the ground. In addition to making a little noise, you also have to wash and tidy up after sleeping. It's much more enjoyable than most hotels.

The most important thing is that you are always in the lobby or other areas, there is no charge!

More and more people are coming here, and knowing the movies shown in the six screening rooms, they can go in and watch them casually. There is no charge on the night of the trial screening, just to check and test the quality of the stable screening.

Of course, more and more people will watch movies for free.

It was under such circumstances that Gao Xiaoge and Gao Yuanyuan could no longer find their seats after coming out of the super theater.

He couldn't find it, and after being depressed for a while, Brother Gao finally found a few boys from the same compound and went home together.

About the same time.

On the fifth floor, as soon as Manager Du put down the phone, he saw the secretary knocking on the door and walking in, "Boss, I don't know who has opened the door leading to the third floor through the walking stairs. Now there are many people running in on the third floor..."

Manager Du directly slapped the table and cursed, "Fuck, let the police and security go arrest the person immediately, and pay attention to see if anything is lost."

At night, Wanjia is in a closed rest area. Those going to and from the theater are of course the elevators that go straight up and down. Other elevators that go up and down, as well as the walking stairs, are closed and locked.

Various stores, electrical appliance shops, etc. on the second and third floors are also closed, but when they are closed... there is no one inside, and there are still a lot of products!

It is of course illegal for someone to just unlock the door and go down to the third floor.

The secretary smiled bitterly and ran to do things, and the theater department manager also came in, "Mr. Du, such a big public waiting area can hardly accommodate people... The corridors of the screening hall are also full of people. Can we come up with a rule?

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"For example, non-movie-watching groups are not allowed to enter the cinema area? There are too many people who used to use the air conditioning or even plan to rest inside. When there are more people, it is easy to become chaotic."

"There are still 30 security guards and more than a dozen policemen patrolling the venue, so there is no big trouble. If this continues, the police force and security guards will not be enough."

"There are six elevators that go directly to the fourth and first floors. They go up and down without stopping."

Manager Du scratched his hair worriedly, "I know that crowds can easily lead to trouble, but the headquarters issued an order that people who come to use the air conditioning and heating in the hot summer and cold winters cannot be stopped forcefully. For this reason, each branch has recruited 50 extra security guards.

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"Let's watch it for now. Let's run it for a while and then check the situation. If we really can't handle it anymore, we can only ask the police for help."

"I heard that many branches in Haowan, Hong Kong are opened directly near the police station and the police station. We should also find an opportunity to try to call the police station."

"The current situation is still good. In autumn, and indeed in winter, let alone people using the heater outside, the family circle within our group will overcrowd the employee home area."

"At that time, we can only ask the police for help, or let some internal employees who use heating and air conditioning, energetic guest security guards maintain order, and pay a wave of overtime pay."

This is also an expense that Mainland CEO Yu Qinghai has long proposed and has been approved by Zhao Donghuai. Even if each new store recruits 50 additional security guards and gives three shifts a rest, each shift will only have a dozen more people.

The benefits of heating and air conditioning during the hot summer and cold winter are still far from enough to cope with the situation. Internal employees, including family members, who come to use heating and air conditioning and are willing to wear security uniforms and work must have corresponding fees.

When he mentioned this, the manager of the theater department was pleasantly surprised, "You're also here to use the heating and air conditioning, and you also get overtime pay?"

This is so exciting! At this stage in the Mainland, even the big bosses at the city and county level, how many people can’t afford air conditioning and heating when they work?

Manager Du nodded, "Not only will there be overtime pay, but there will also be extra meals. Those who work the night shift will definitely get free meals. Now we are still studying whether to use the Huazhi Hotel buffet model or open a large canteen."

Although no Huazhi Hotel has been officially built in the mainland, it has been built on Hong Kong Island. Every guest who stays can enjoy a free breakfast in the morning by showing their room card.

The buffet is unlimited, including buns, fried dough sticks, xiaolongbao, various rice soups, and seasonal vegetables and side dishes, including Western-style bread, butter, dipping sauces, etc. This is the model that has been opened in Tung Chung.
To be continued...