From Flower Vase to Film Emperor in Hollywood

Ilene Cole, the girl who accidentally met Gloria Preston at the "Princess Diaries" premiere and first met Anson.

Although she is about to enter university, Ilene still cherishes her princess dream. She knows that in the eyes of many, this is a naive and even foolish preference; she disagrees, believing that fairy tales are believing in beauty, believing that hope and dreams still exist in the cruel and cold reality, not because she is waiting for Prince Charming to appear and save her, but because she believes that happiness and perfection can still become reality.

However, Ilene's interest in movies is limited. The reason she went to the "Princess Diaries" premiere was purely because it was the first live-action princess in many years; therefore, Ilene has never watched "Spider-Man."

Of course, Ilene knows about this movie; discussions about it are everywhere.

However, if she's not interested, she's just not interested.

Until today.

Originally, she just wanted to pick a Christmas movie to regain the feeling of happiness, but she didn't expect to meet Anson again and experience the most unforgettable matinee—

Although it was a matinee, the cinema's occupancy rate actually exceeded 70%, which is naturally not comparable to the summer season, but it is especially rare during Christmas.

Then, everyone experienced an adventure, a journey, and an emotional storm together, crying and laughing; like a group of uncontrollable lunatics.

Ilene likes moments like this, her whole heart warming up.

Thus.

As the movie ended and the credits slowly rolled up, Ilene was not in a hurry to get up, still sitting quietly in her seat, feeling the emotional excitement and surge.

However, some viewers in the screening hall could not contain themselves and were already standing up to leave before the lights even came on.

Helplessly, the cinema projectionist had to turn on the lights early.

Alas.

Ilene looked slightly helpless.

She had heard before that European cinemas would always keep the lights off until the end of the credits, and the audience would do the same; because the crew members in the credits are also part of the movie, even if they don't appear on the big screen, as viewers, they can at least show respect by watching the credits until the end.

Unfortunately, in America, people are still too impetuous and can't do it at all.

The projectionist had no choice.

As soon as the lights came on, Ilene's emotions immersed in the movie were forced back to reality, and she felt the power of gravity dragging her body down again.

Perhaps, the only thing worth being thankful for is that she could capture the joy and excitement from the trivial conversations, and the faces were full of ease and happiness, which could be seen at a glance—

They liked this movie.

Gently exhaling a breath, Ilene was about to stand up and make way, but a figure appeared on the big screen, quietly, without causing a disturbance, holding a microphone, and standing calmly in the center of the stage.

"Hey, Merry Christmas."

The sound came from the speakers, grabbing people's ears. People rustled and looked over reflexively. Many stopped in their tracks, causing serious congestion in the line heading towards the screening hall exit, and scattered protests surged in the air.

But the protests quickly disappeared, because they also turned their heads to look ahead, and then one by one, they were all stunned, and their brains went into simultaneous crashes.

Wh-what's going on?

Ilene suddenly covered her mouth, a roar surging in her eardrums, as if in free fall, a fierce wind pouring into her ears, the whole world began to spin, her heart detached from her chest, floating in mid-air, even forgetting to react.

That is—

"I just happened to be passing by, so I came to check if everyone liked this movie?"

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. Anson Wood, very happy to meet everyone in the cinema."

Ah.

Screams, breaking free from restraints, instantly erupted with unbelievable energy.

Anson, the figure who was just on the big screen, broke the fourth wall and appeared in real life. They finally understood what it felt like in the movie "The Purple Rose of Cairo."

Ahhh, ahhh.

Their brains went blank, and one by one, they all turned into ruthless screaming machines, and a mighty wave instantly exploded in the small screening hall.

Whoosh, a group of security personnel涌出来 from the side stage, instantly surrounding the stage, creating a human wall between the crowd and the stage.

However, the scene was slightly awkward, because no one rushed forward—

A suit paired with a shirt, cardigan, and tie, with a school badge on the chest.

It was different from the outfit at last night's premiere, but also different from the private high school uniform in the movie. It was more like the traditional uniform of Cambridge University, slightly rigid but perfectly presenting the elegance and nobility of academia.

One appearance, firmly grabbing attention.

Like Little Frank, and like Anson.

Everything was an accident.

Ilene did not expect Anson's appearance, nor did she expect Anson to appear in this way. Her brain and heart both stopped working together.

This, is this definitely not a dream?

So, what should she do?

The next second—

Ah!

Before her brain could think of a solution, the scream had already broken free from restraints and erupted with energy. Although Ilene didn't know what was going on, she felt in the dark that this was the right thing to do, so that she could express her thousands of words of complex emotions, the more fanatical, the more real, the louder, the more direct.

Ahhh!

As she shouted, her mood soared. Ilene didn't know what was wrong with herself, but the tears that had been swirling in her eyes finally broke free and fell down.

She felt like she was a lunatic, but the most wonderful thing was that she didn't mind.

Not only did she not mind, but she also liked it very much.

Ilene guessed that she might have fallen in love with Anson, just like she still believed in princesses, still believed in dreams, still believed in fairy tales.

Her smile fully bloomed, and she shouted out loud with all her strength without restraint.

The entire screening hall shook.

The neighboring screening hall felt a tremor—

The cinema's soundproofing was excellent, and usually you couldn't hear the sounds from next door, so at first, the audience watching other movies didn't think much about it.

First, there were not many people at the matinee anyway.

Second, whether the audience was watching "Harry Potter" or "The Lord of the Rings", there were big scenes in the movies, and some small shakes were normal—

It's a 4D movie, after all.

It wasn't until the neighboring hall continued to escalate and become more and more crazy that a small number of viewers noticed the abnormality, and their movements were somewhat hesitant.

So, is this an earthquake?

Wait, Los Angeles seems to be on the Pacific Ring of Fire, right? The tremors are so obvious, is there really no problem? Shouldn't they run away? Now is not the time to watch movies, right?

Hey!