Joshua did not give his show too much expnation because letting Sir Weissenasche watch it himself was the best way to expin it. Therefore, Joshua opened his suitcase straightaulled out the master tape of "Beauty and the Demon". He then looked for a ft wall in the room and started to show it.

  When the movie ended, Joshua felt that it was time to talk to Sir Weissenasche about formally sing the film in his theater.

  Yet, Sir Weissenasche had apparently not reposed himself yet.

  "Uhh... I... I'm sorry... Sir."

  Sir Weissenasche held a handkerchief as he repeatedly wiped the tears from the er of his eyes, his makeup now ruined by his tears.

  The rather effeminate portly man looked even more effeminate now...

  Joshua had only seen people moved to tears after watg the ending, but Sir Weissenasche had already burst into tears during the middle part of the movie, where the demon prince saved Belle as she was surrounded by wolves.

  Were the emotions of those in the field of art and literature so rich? Sir Weissenasche was literally bathing in tears right then.

  "He had a demonic appeara a really beautiful soul. Throwing away his life so that his beloved could live on happily, that... that is true love withrets."

  Sir Weissenasche wiped his tears as he waxed lyrical at the true tent of the story, stunning Joshua with a thousand-word-long summary of his thoughts.

  Joshua soon realized that there was a reason why this aristocrat was able to bee the owner of the theater.

  As a director himself, Joshua's main theme was "do not judge a person based on his appearance", yet Sir Weissenasche had many more thoughts about it than Joshua ever had after he fihe movie.

  What was a movie review? That was it!

  Sir Weissenasche spent a good few minutes rec from the glum atmosphere he had created.

  "Sir... this performance... it is totally unheard of. It's like a new world has beeed to me. If I may, you tell me the name of this... performance?"

  Sir Weissenasche could not uand what the principles behind the moving pictures were. Wheched the movie, it was as if he was a bystander watg something unfold in another world.

  Every se was real, and there were no props on a stage set. Even the viewing angles were not as far as that of the distance from a stage py audieo the stage.

  Sir Weissenasche also could not help but reach out to touch the moving furniture in the movie a couple of times.

  The magical experience was something Sir Weissenasche could never imagine in his whole life.

  "It's a movie."

  The word Joshua used was "movie", which was a braerm for Sir Weissenasche.

  "A movie... movie... It is as you've said, it will create a brand new era."

  Sir Weissenasche repeated what Joshua said in a whisper, and he now clearly uood the meaning of Joshua's words from earlier.

  A movie was definitely far superior to a stage py in terms of narration and performance of a story's script.

  A movie could pletely bring the audieo the story... and was unlike a stage py, which required setups and e as well as curtain ges during intermissions. The most important thing was that film would allow performas to pletely bid the stage farewell!

  "Beauty and the Demon" brought Sir Weissenasche to several pces, from a quiet vilge to a snow-covered forest and a spooky, yet warm castle.

  In addition to his admiration and amazement at the movie, Sir Weissenasche also felt a touch of sadness.

  The reason was that the beginning of a new era would mean the end of the previous one, and the appearanovies heralded the dee of stage pys, and just like Sir Weissenasche's theater, it would one day be fotten no matter how glorious it was in the past.

  However, that sadness was very quickly swept away by the appearance of "Beauty and the Demon".

  "Sir, do you really pn to... show this movie in my theater?"

  Sir Weissenasche khat the moment the movie was released, it would ehe annals of this world's history!

  "I don't think the Nornd National Theater would receive me so grandly."

  Joshua raised the cup of hot bck tea in his hand and took a sip. As a true blue programmer, he liked coffee more than tea, but his favorite drinks were green tea and co.

  He had no idea if this world had anything like coffee beans.

  "You're right! Those people at that theater are a bunch of unscrupulous scammers... merts who do not uand what art is all about!"

  Sir Weissenasche was furious at the thought of his theater troupes being poached by the Nornd National Theater.

  heless, he swiftly reposed himself. Even the most prolific of artists would still o depend on moo survive, and the tinuous losses of the theater made Sir Weissenasche extremely aware of this point. Hence, he khat future talks were not going to be between artists but businessmen.

  "Sir... showing this movie here... I will take full responsibility for the arras, including the promotion and publicity works. As for the proceeds from the ticket sales, does 70-30 work for you?"

  If Sir Weissenasche had not really been short on moo the point of not being able to pay his employees, he would have asked Joshua to take a hundred pert of the proceeds as long as the movie could be pyed in his theater.

  "Not a problem."

  pared with movie releases ba Earth, the box office after the movie's release would see the emas take a cut first, and the film studios would only get to see the earnings after they paid the various promotional costs and taxes. So, Sir Weissenasche's proposal was definitely very good.

  Not to mention, Joshua literally did not i a single dime in the creation of his movie, so everything was profit.

  "In that case, please wait for a moment and allow me to pen a tract. Also, Sir, you may wish to go to the Paterar to gain the chts to this movie and the patent rights for the teology used."

  Nornd was a try that hohe spirit of the tract, and at the very least, Nornd's ws were already quite prehensive, where even things like "wsuits" had taken shape.

  "Yes, I will do so. But before that, I'd like to see the enviro of this theater."

  The size of the theater was rge enough, and its interior decor was luxurious, but these were all prepared for a stage py. The veself may have very well been prepared only for a stage py too.

  There was still a certain differeween a ema and a theater. Before the movie was released, Joshua would o temporarily transform the theater into a ema.

  "Of course, please follow me."

  Sir Weissenasche stood up and personally brought Joshua on a tour of the theater.

  The moment he pushed the door open, Joshua saw Ciri and Hyrn who had been waiting for him outside for nearly two hours.

  The attendant had found a table and two chairs just for them. There were bck tea and snacks oable, and it seemed like the two sisters had enjoyed a sumptuous afternoon tea... as well as hundred-plus rounds of Pong.

  Weebkun