Chapter 175: Six More To Go
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The special show for the kids and their parents was completed.
The theatre was almost empty now, as the lights had come up - and the occasional murmurs of a cleaning staff could be heard from outside as they were preparing.
However, they haven't proceeded, because of a presence inside.
Regal.
He still stood where he had been the whole film - at the balcony's edge, just behind the exit door.
The last two hours had been constant monitoring of reactions - making sure he captured everything and everyone.
And the emotions he witnessed were the purest he had ever seen.
It doesn't matter whether it was - love, laughter, heroism, fear, anger, disgust or wonder.
Just ten minutes ago, the space had been packed with all these emotions generated from the people - the people who he makes films for.
And this was the ultimate satisfaction he yearned for - at this moment, wherever effort he had put in - all felt worth it.
He could still recollect how the first flash of the film title - [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone] - had sent a ripple of squeals and yells down the rows - preparing themselves for the ride.