Wanjie Hotel: Iron Man is not allowed to charge

Chapter 52: So, this clown's illness is not that serious? (Please read and vote for me)
The Joker thought he would be let in through the back door, but the handyman led him into the lobby instead.

The doorman on duty enthusiastically opened the glass door for him.

Entering the magnificent five-star hotel lobby, there were not many people coming in and out of the lobby at this time, but the young ladies on duty at the front desk all smiled kindly at him.

No one discriminated against his clothes, and no one cared about his occupation. It was as if they were facing a normal customer.

All this made him think he was in a dream.

The smile of the receptionist was like that of my neighbor Sophie.

The Joker smiled back.

The receptionist on duty gently directed him to the bar. He walked in a little nervously and, led by the waiter, sat down at a square table.

"Hello, what would you like to drink? The boss is treating."

Molly smelled a strange odor coming from the clown costume on the other person. Instead of laughing at the other person, she asked with a smile.

The boss has made the arrangements, so don’t provoke the other party.

I've been unemployed myself too.

The boss is such a nice guy.

"A glass of water."

The clown felt even more nervous. The boss wanted to treat him to a drink?

"Hello, I'm Wen Ming, the owner of the hotel. What's your name?"

A voice sounded, and a handsome young man appeared opposite him.

The clown's eyes widened in surprise.

He thought he would meet a kind old man, but he didn't expect that the other party was just a young man.

A young man who is much younger than himself.

"My name is Arthur, Arthur Fleck."

The Joker nervously stood up and shook John's hand.

"Relax a little, don't be so restrained."

When Wen Ming heard the other person's name, looked at his attire and the position he wanted to interview for, he roughly determined where he was from.

Arthur in "Joker".

The Joker is also Batman's lifelong enemy.

Or maybe not.

After all, Arthur died in "Joker 2".

Maybe he's not dead.

Who knows if he will make a comeback in "Joker 3".

If he doesn't resurrect, won't Batman be very lonely?
……

In the Joker film series, Arthur is a comedian in trouble. He is introverted and sensitive. He lives with his mother and has long been troubled by her mental control and physical illness.

He has been trying to please others, but has always been met with ridicule, bullying and misunderstanding.

After experiencing a series of blows in life, such as withholding wages, losing his job due to dropping a gun during a performance, his mother's serious illness, mistaking Batman's father Thomas Wayne for his own father, being beaten on the subway, imagining that his female neighbor was his girlfriend, the failure of his talk show debut, being used as a joke by his idol, etc., coupled with his own mental illness, Arthur's psychological defenses collapsed step by step.

He began to rebel against those who had bullied him, from the three men in the subway to his mother to the talk show speaker Murray, and went crazy and was finally imprisoned in Arkham Asylum.

……

DC comics are just so annoying.

Instead of following Marvel's family-friendly approach, they delve deeply into the inner world and miserable childhood of superheroes.

Gotham believers and real audiences all want to see the ugly king ascend the throne in "Joker 2", but the director broke the dimensional wall:
There is no Joker, only Arthur.

You are the clowns, everyone is a clown.

This also led to the box office failure of "Joker 2".

How many viewers care about Arthur?

Everyone just wants to see the Ugly Emperor.

Arthur didn't seem to have completely collapsed yet, considering he hadn't put on his signature red suit yet. But Wen Ming wasn't sure if he had killed the three men who had assaulted and bullied him on the subway.

If he has been killed, then he has most likely transformed into a clown.

And if not, then Arthur at this time is not hopeless.

To put it bluntly, Arthur is a poor man who lacks fatherly love and normal motherly love.

Now that the other party came to interview for a stand-up comedian, Wen Ming guessed that he had probably just experienced a performance at a children's hospital, dropped his gun, and was then fired by his boss.

This is his most unfortunate time. It is also a moment of collapse after he has experienced betrayal and bullying in the workplace. It is also a critical moment before he becomes the Ugly King.

"I heard that you want to be a stand-up comedian. How about that? Do you have any acting experience?"

Wen Ming tried his best to make his tone more relaxed and friendly.

He felt even more relaxed when he saw John also appear in the bar.

"I, I don't have any experience doing stand-up comedy on stage, but I'm learning. I've written a lot of jokes."

Arthur rubbed his hands nervously and looked expectantly at the young five-star hotel owner in front of him: "I think I can try a public performance and let you see how it works.

Or I could tell you a joke right now, how would you feel about that?"

Wen Ming remembers that becoming a stand-up comedian was Arthur's dream.

He often fantasizes about being picked by his idol, talk show star Murray, to perform on stage and be loved by countless audiences.

However, his mental illness caused him to laugh uncontrollably when he got excited, which interrupted his carefully prepared jokes when he went on stage and made it impossible for him to make people laugh.

This is a fatal problem.

"Mr. Flack, can I call you Arthur?"

Wen Ming signaled Molly to add another cup of hot water for Arthur.

Yes, it’s not the ice water that foreigners like to drink.

"OK."

Arthur sat up straight, crossed his fingers over his chest, and tried to appear less nervous, but he knew that the person opposite was about to announce the results.

He clenched his fists unconsciously, and then he realized that an uncontrollable smile was accumulating at the corners of his mouth.

Ruined.

Arthur knew he was having a seizure.

This made him even more nervous.

But the more nervous he became, the more he wanted to laugh, and he laughed almost uncontrollably.

"Take a deep breath, drink some water, and relax. It's not that hard."

Wen Ming took the hot water from Molly and handed it to Arthur: "My mother told me that if I get excited, I must take a deep breath and drink some hot water before speaking."

"Thank you."

Arthur took a deep breath, took the cup and took a sip.

The miraculous thing was that the laughter that was about to burst out of his mouth was abruptly stopped for some reason.

Arthur didn't know if it was because Wen Ming mentioned the word "mom", but for some reason he didn't want to laugh.

This made him feel a little strange and a little happy.

Isn’t your illness incurable?
Wen Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the other party did not laugh wildly.

I was just trying to interrupt the other person's excitement and didn't expect him to be able to control himself.

Who knew the Joker really didn't laugh?

So, this clown isn't that sick?
It must be so.

He looked into her eyes and said with a smile, "I'm willing to give you a chance to perform, but since you have no experience performing on stage, can you accept starting from a small stage?"

"Small stage?"

Arthur was a little confused. What did the small stage mean?
For a moment he didn't know whether he should be excited or not.

Is this considered a successful interview or a failed one?
(End of this chapter)