Quick Transmigration: Underdog Turns out to be Untouchable

Post-production editing drains the mind terribly—even with her massive spiritual power to cheat, Jian Shuangshuang still spent a full month before she finally finished cutting this movie.

Once the editing was done, it was time to screen it. This time Jian Shuangshuang was ready to release it in a proper, formal way, switching from earning money through tips to charging admission tickets.

This time Jian Shuangshuang wasn’t planning to show it at Zhen Shu’s restaurant anymore. For one thing, the place was crude; for another, the space was too small—the room simply couldn’t fit many people.

Back when she was building sets, Jian Shuangshuang had already bought up large plots of land in the most bustling areas of Yan City and Wujia Town respectively. Of course, being able to pull this off owed a lot to the efforts of Zhen Shu and Zang Lin.

After that, Jian Shuangshuang constructed two cinemas: outside they looked antique and elegant, full of old-time charm, but inside they were built completely in imitation of modern movie theaters.

Of course, above the public seating there was a second floor. On this second floor she built an entire row of thirty box seats, each box comfortably decorated, stocked with various snacks, tea, fruit platters, and with dedicated attendants waiting on guests.

The boxes were prepared for the rich. To enter a box you needed to pay one Gold Coin. The reason it was so expensive was because the fruit platter in each box contained one Spirit Fruit.

These were Spirit Fruits that Jian Shuangshuang had specially purchased. Although they were only ordinary Level 1 Spirit Fruit, they were still very rare. A Xuan Master who ate a Level 1 Spirit Fruit could slightly increase their Spiritual Power, while an ordinary person who ate one could strengthen their body.

Most importantly, Spirit Fruits were unbelievably delicious, far beyond what normal fruit could compare to. They were the favorite of people who lived for good food. The day Jian Shuangshuang bought them, she ate half a basket on her own.

Regular movie tickets were fifty copper coins. That price was not cheap, but Jian Shuangshuang had thought it through: the location of her cinema was not the sort of place frequented by people without spare money.

Since it was a high-consumption area, then while fifty copper coins for a movie was expensive, it wasn’t unacceptable. She shouldn’t have to worry about getting customers.

At the same time, for this movie Jian Shuangshuang also ran a ”buy one, get one” deal. Watch Jian Shuangshuang’s newly shot film and you get a free ticket to watch ”Soul-Terror in the Desolate House.”

As for the cinema in Yan City, Jian Shuangshuang simply let go and handed it over to Zang Lin. She left all matters of profit and management to him, and in the end she just took half the share, ignoring everything else.

Wujia Town could be considered Jian Shuangshuang’s hometown where she earned her first bucket of gold, so for the film’s premiere, she chose Wujia Town rather than the larger Yan City.

Before the screening, Jian Shuangshuang had personally hand-drawn a huge, rich-style poster and pasted it at the cinema entrance. With the groundwork laid by ”Soul-Terror in the Desolate House,” once this poster went up, many people started looking forward to seeing the new movie.

Even though they didn’t quite understand what a ”premiere ceremony” was, that didn’t stop the rich and idle from anticipating the movie’s opening. So on the day of the screening, quite a lot of people came.

Even people who had never seen a movie before found their curiosity piqued by the poster and planned to go inside to see what a ”movie” actually was.

Although this time you had to pay fifty copper coins just to get in, which made some who liked watching for free unhappy, many more people were still willing to spend the money.

Of course, not everyone was so curious that they wanted to see what a movie was. Some people simply weren’t interested. And there were also those who weren’t interested at all but got dragged along by interested family or friends.

Wu Ziyi was one of those who had no interest in movies and ended up being forcibly hauled in by his younger sister Wu Qiaoxuan. About this, Wu Ziyi was extremely displeased.

But his sister pouted and acted spoiled and insisted he accompany her. As a good older brother, Wu Ziyi couldn’t handle her wheedling and could only come along to watch this so-called movie.

Wu Qiaoxuan paid a hundred copper coins for two tickets. As she pulled Wu Ziyi inside, she couldn’t hide her excitement and said, ”Brother, let me tell you, as long as you watch a movie once, I guarantee you’ll fall in love with it.

”Last time’s movie scared me half to death. This new one, judging by the poster outside, shouldn’t be scary. Just right—you can watch the new one with me, and then we’ll rewatch ’Soul-Terror in the Desolate House.’ I’m really scared watching it alone.”

Wu Ziyi was utterly helpless. If she was that scared, why did she keep dragging every single friend around her to watch it over and over? When they were scared out of their wits, she’d come and torment her own brother.

Still, Wu Ziyi didn’t take that movie, which his sister described as terrifying, to heart. Ghosts, right? He’d subdued more real ghosts than he could count.

Wu Ziyi sighed and followed the crowd into the hall. He had to admit, the building was really designed in a novel way—pitch black, you couldn’t see anything clearly.

High up, a few pieces of Fluorite gave off a faint glow, so you weren’t completely blind to your surroundings. Once your eyes adjusted to the darkness, you could actually see fairly clearly.

The interior space was quite large; by rough estimate, seating a thousand people was no problem. Row after row of chairs were arranged in tiered formation, higher in back and lower in front, all neatly set up like steps, and attendants guided incoming guests to sit in the chairs.

Wu Ziyi frowned. He was having a hard time accepting sitting so close together with people, shoulder to shoulder like this. It made his whole body feel uncomfortable. Everywhere he’d ever gone before, he’d always had a private room to himself; he’d never been in such a crowded situation.

Wu Qiaoxuan, on the other hand, sat down beside him without trouble, though she knew her brother didn’t like close contact with strangers and apologized a bit.

”Sorry, Brother. I found out too late; all the box seats for the first show were already booked. There weren’t any left.

”But don’t worry, Brother, I’ve already reserved a box for the next show. Some people aren’t watching ’Soul-Terror in the Desolate House,’ so a box opened up. Once we finish this one, we’ll go to the box and watch ’Soul-Terror in the Desolate House.’”

Feeling uncomfortable all over, Wu Ziyi sat in the chair without really hearing what Wu Qiaoxuan was saying. He was only thinking about getting the movie over with as quickly as possible and toughing out the time.

The only thing Wu Ziyi was grateful for was that while the space of the chairs wasn’t large, it also wasn’t too small. At least he could stretch his arms and legs and wouldn’t feel too cramped.

After everyone was seated, attendants came and went along the aisles carrying large trays. On the trays were stacks of stiff paper tubs, each tub filled to the brim with popcorn.

As these attendants walked back and forth in the aisles with their popcorn, they also called out in low voices, ”Popcorn, two copper coins a tub. You can eat it while you watch the movie. Anyone want to buy?”

Anyone willing to come to the cinema naturally wasn’t short of money. Besides, two copper coins wasn’t much. This world already had corn that could be turned into popcorn, so everyone had eaten popcorn before.

It was just that outside, one copper coin could buy a big bag of popcorn, while inside here you had to pay two copper coins for one tub—and there wasn’t a lot in it. It didn’t even look like a full jin; at most it was about half a jin.

At this amount and price it was indeed expensive. But the people around weren’t short on money and could afford it, so the popcorn on the attendants’ trays began to decrease rapidly.