Elsewhere, Lance has been continuously acquiring cinemas, buying them whenever the price is right.
While Robin directed others to investigate the other cinemas, she arrived at one of the cinemas in the city they were currently in.
The cinema's ticket seller yawned; afternoons always made one sleepy. Seeing well-dressed gentlemen arrive, the ticket seller perked up and sat up straight.
"Good afternoon, gentlemen. Today we are showing '...' and '...', with tickets priced at forty cents each."
Noticing that the gentlemen at the door weren't immediately reaching for their wallets, the ticket seller added, "These are genuine films, each lasting over an hour, and they're very enjoyable—definitely worth your money!"
A few years ago, when the film industry hadn't fully developed, many films lacked dialogue time, and the real screen time was often only seven or eight minutes, sometimes ten.
With added dialogue time, they could stretch to half an hour.
