Hollywood Domination Chapter 255: Crazy fans

Although Sydney was chosen to hold the premiere, this does not mean that "Iron Man" gave up the pre-promoting in the North American continent. Iron Man released a 30-second trailer. In just 30 seconds, mecha battles, Tony Stark's humorous jokes, and Pepper's glimpse-like appearance all attracted people's attention— —In 2008, humorous, funny, and relaxed superhero films were definitely the only ones. There were almost no second-line superhero films such as Spiderman, Batman, Superman, and even Constantine that did not sell badly. People's cognition of superheroes is almost fixed on the three sufferings of "suffering in life, suffering in heart, suffering in encounter". The tone is serious and bitter. Although there is humor, the main line must be tragic and grand. Rising from the blows - this tune has continued from the last century to the present, and the audience is indeed getting bored. Suddenly they see this kind of superhero who is a winner in life, not only a playboy, but also cheap and funny, just the trailer , it aroused the enthusiasm of many people to watch movies, even audiences who didn't like superhero movies, now want to go to the cinema to see it, why would Tony Stark announce to the public that he is Iron Man, after all In the previous movies, superheroes must hide their identities, which is also an unwritten rule. This design is indeed an exciting point for most people.

"I hope j.j can play some games here," Charles the otaku opened his K again and checked his reminder box: The K homepage of "Iron Man" held a like-collecting event. In addition to the 30 spectators, 30 lucky spectators will be selected to participate in the pre-screening held in Los Angeles on April 2. In addition to interacting with Jennifer Jefferson face-to-face and watching the movie, there are also some Gifts such as figures and posters will be given away.

Charles doesn't expect to be able to squeeze into the top 30. He knows that Jennifer Jefferson's fans are very organized. Some administrators of fan forums can easily organize likes and occupy the top 30. However, he still had a glimmer of hope of being selected, "How great would it be if the premiere was held in Los Angeles? Even if I can't participate in this event, I won't be too disappointed."

Browsing through the official K, but not seeing the announcement of the end of the lottery, Charles closed the page a little uneasy, and then figured it out: Even if you are not drawn, you can still buy a lottery quota at a high price, isn't it? ? If the offer reaches 500 yuan, the possibility of being rejected should be relatively low. Anyway, this can be seen a full month in advance, and it's cheaper than flying to Sydney anyway. ——Besides, didn't the previous film critics give a very high evaluation at the test screening? The critics score on Rotten Tomatoes even gave it 90%. The possibility of not liking this movie should be very small, right?

For an otaku like him, he usually has no social activities, works in the IT industry, and earns a lot of money. The enthusiasm for spending money on hobbies is beyond ordinary people's comprehension. If you can see "Iron Man" a month in advance for 500 yuan, he will spend the money without blinking—however, he does not want to spend it. Not sure if 500 yuan can buy him such a ticket, after all, as far as he knows, among Jennifer Jefferson's fans, there are quite a few geeks like him.

"Ha!" In an apartment in San Francisco, Jon patted his thigh triumphantly, "We really beat hegirl and got the first place! Harry, Harry, did you hear that?"

"I hear that," Harry said sourly as he collapsed on the thick beanbag sofa, "What reaction do you want from me? Congratulations? Congratulations, you're still a student, you can say it Los Angeles, and I can only earn next month's rent in my office?"

Jon laughed, "If you want to go so much, I can give you the ticket, I really can - but since you don't like j.j that much anymore, give me this chance. "

"If it's a movie like "Michael Clayton," Harry also admitted, "it's okay to be a month late, but "Iron Man" is different-it's Iron Man after all, and, The trailer looks pretty exciting."

As a boy, in addition to the literary side, Harry also has some more masculine hobbies. "Iron Man" is the comic he has been buying and supporting. This movie took his heart, so he was looking forward to it, and it wasn't all because of Jennifer. Of course, Jennifer must have greatly added points to the movie's expectations.

"Indeed, I feel that this movie is quite interesting," said Jon, not all because of Jennifer, and it can even be said that her enthusiasm for "Iron Man" is much higher than for "Michael Clayton" ——Although the latter is definitely a good film that can remain in the classic history, you have to admit that after watching such a film, in addition to being moved, you will also feel a sense of exhaustion after using your brain and emotions, while "Caribbean" The sense of relaxation and refreshment given by commercial popcorn such as Pirates and Iron Man is indeed unmatched by art films. Ordinary people like Jon who have no willpower, of course like popcorn more up. "So this gives me another reason why I can't give you the ticket, hahaha! Don't worry, I will take a good look at it for you—"

"Ah, I was really drawn!"

"Look at the air ticket to Los Angeles. If it's not expensive, then go to Hollywood by the way. If I can't afford it, it's good to resell this ticket..."

Half a month passed in a flash. At noon on April 2, at the entrance of the internal screening hall of Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles, 80 movie fans from all over the country and even from another corner of the world flew in. While waiting to enter, they couldn't wait to chat. Most of them were fans of Jennifer, and fans of Downey and Iron Man comics were relatively rare. In the corner of the crowd, Charles wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't complain about the slightly higher temperature at the door, but rejoiced that he actually became one of the 30 lucky fans who were drawn. You know, after he was elected, the highest price for contacting him to transfer tickets was 2,000, or even 3,000 US dollars, just like the two Asians flying from Japan in the corner of the crowd, it is said that they used 3,000 US dollars The lucky fans were impressed and got the tickets for the meet and greet.

"At first, I thought it would be very good to be able to buy it with money. After all, last year's sdcc couldn't be resold at all. Even if Jennifer went, it has nothing to do with me. But now it seems that there will be similar activities in the future. I Maybe I can't afford the reselling price." Charles felt a little worried or happy: Jennifer became more and more popular, and more and more people wanted to see her, he seemed to be happy for her, but this also made Charles see It's getting harder and harder to get real.

"Where are you from?" The shy nature of an otaku makes him afraid to talk to those excited girls, but Charles is excited enough now, when his eyes meet the peers in the corner At this time, he rarely took the initiative to speak up, "Are you also a fan of Jennifer?"

This is a very geek-dressed boy. He doesn't look very old. He was a little panicked when he was approached hastily. As the crowd lined up in two lines to accept the security check, "Please do not bring mobile phones and photographic equipment into the venue. We will have a special person responsible for taking pictures and distributing them—"

Different from previous events, Charles saw that the fans were divided into male and female, and they had to go through a rough body search and security check. He raised his eyebrows in surprise, but thought of Jennifer's previous sensational death threat case in the United States, The unpleasant feeling also dissipated.

Looking away, I still want to have a conversation with the same kind, preferably sitting together, but after the brief confusion just now, this young man has disappeared, Charles turned his head to search, but did not see his shadow , a brief cloud of suspicion floated in his mind, but only for a moment, when he heard the excited shouts from the audience who had already entered the audience, Charles completely put the matter behind him, and he tiptoed Looking at the entrance of the black hole on tiptoe, I looked forward to the layout of the venue...

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The fans' expectations were not in vain. It was a very pleasant meeting. Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Jefferson and Terrence Howard who played Roddy were all present, and although Downey's There are few fans, but after seeing the real person and hearing his humorous conversation, many fans have a strong affection for him. Not to mention Jennifer, Charles never left her eyes until she left the stage—her real person is thinner than the camera, her face is very small, and she is so beautiful that she doesn’t even look like a real person. With an unreal feeling, whenever Jennifer's eyes glanced at Charles inadvertently, Charles' heart would beat a few beats faster. He had always been quite satisfied with his life, but at this moment Charles suddenly understood why There are so many people striving for a higher social class one after another: just think of the Emirati royal Saeed who is being hinted in the newspaper. Who cares what his last name is, he can pursue Jennifer openly, there are so many opportunities and She meets and chats, but for him, after seeing this side, the next side is far away—as long as he thinks of this, his heart will tighten, and it will even be full of sourness and pain. It can be said that he is the first For the first time, I feel a little incompetent...

"Holy crap, j.j and I were as pretty as when we met her in real life six or seven years ago—no, just as pretty as when we took a picture of her when she went to the Oscars for the first time or her second time," said his pretty neighbor The girl excitedly discussed with her friend——it sounds like an old fan for a long time, "It's still so kind, so good! If there is any difference, it is that she is more beautiful. I don't know how to say it. She seems more visible now than ever before, with more authority and power...I guess maybe that's an inevitable side effect of three Oscars and countless awards..."

As the fans had just met their idols, the fans were very excited, and the auditorium was full of buzzing voices, until the lights dimmed, the voices of these conversations slowly quieted down, and soon the screen lit up , Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr., appeared in a shaking jeep, holding red wine and bragging with a few soldiers, and there was a soft laugh in the movie theater immediately— —Many people have one thought in their minds: This movie looks ugly, the film critics should be right, Robert Downey Jr. is really lovable! He is not only handsome, but also humorous. More importantly, he has a strong sense of coquettishness and cuteness, which makes people feel that his personality is immediately established. This is more advantageous than the famous heroes such as Spiderman and Superman...

As the plot progressed, the movie theater sometimes exclaimed and sometimes laughed. Tony Stark won the audience's love effortlessly—his hand-made houses and attributes of a genius and rich man are very catering to the audience. The trend of young people, and the legendary experience makes people think he is cool, but at the same time, this background setting does not lack a sense of reality, because the audience of these superhero movies is almost all during the Silicon Valley boom Growing up, Steven Jobs and Bill Gates are all geniuses who have changed the world with the power of one person. This is an era that belongs to legends. The Internet, smart phones...Technology is becoming more and more All of this is changing more quickly, and the screen image of Tony Stark, those high-tech details: full of futuristic colors, but not very fantasy holographic projection system, AI housekeeper, machine assistant, and those professional And the quick jargon lines... In just ten minutes, many viewers already felt that their trip was not in vain. This feeling that completely catered to their needs was like enjoying a spiritual massage, just watching those The cool special effects, the breath-taking shots of the mansion, and Tony's cool and handsome lifestyle all make people excited and looking forward to the next plot.

As for Jennifer Jefferson's Pepper - of course, her rare red hair style is indeed a point of excitement, this kind of career elite role has never appeared before, and it makes people feel very fresh , the audience also saw the spark between Pepper and Tony: They couldn't speak any terminology, but they thought this kind of acting was quite cool. The chemical reaction and the objective reasons for not being together, and there is no common kind of affectionate camera scheduling. On the contrary, the dialogue between Tony and Pepper can be said to be business-like, except for Tony's sentence 'I don't like you. There is almost nothing wrong with it, but the occasional eye contact between the two, as well as the subtle changes in expression, all reveal that there is a spark between Tony and Pepper, which also makes them look forward to the next How the love scenes will play out—thankfully, it looks like there will be no such cheesy plots, and maybe some bright spots—but after 20 minutes of the film, it is clear: this It's a Tony Stark movie, and Pepper isn't the main character, so let's focus on Iron Man.

"I really don't know why j.j came to this movie as a vase. Could it be that she is short of money..." Jon, who was most concerned about this, just thought of such a sentence, and was overwhelmed by the attack scene in the movie. She was so attracted: Although she drove six hours to Los Angeles, she didn't feel too much dissatisfaction, because the movie itself was really exciting, and Robert Downey Jr. was also very cute, and she was already a little bit obsessed with him up.

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"Ah, you are here." When the audience was immersed in the plot, Jenny was not idle. She was hard at work in a nearby office, signing the products for marketing activities after the movie was released: posters, Water glasses, T-shirts, and Iron Man armor figures. Even though Mary pushed the door open, she didn't stop, but greeted while signing.

Careful Paramount also arranged for a photographer to take pictures of her signature, which can be imagined to be released as promotional materials, or included in DVDs—or simply sealed up without using anything . This phenomenon is very common on the set, especially after digital photography has taken over the mainstream, the producers can't wait to capture every move of the actors on the set to provide selling points and materials for DVDs, and actors like Jenny who need to pay attention to their public image , Whether they can relax under the camera is out of their consideration.

"The audience's reaction is quite good." Mary Hui reported, "It's the reaction of a good movie. The audience seems to like Tony very much."

Generally speaking, the first 30 minutes can determine the audience's impression of a movie. As long as the next hour is not too bad, it will not make people lower the score too much, and whether the audience likes a movie or not , In fact, it is easy to see: whether the laughter is excited or not, whether there are screams, whether the atmosphere in the movie theater is tense, concentrated, or loose, and most people are absent-minded...

Although she is not the soul character, not even the main character who takes a heavy role in the movie - the only important character in this movie is Tony Stark. What Jenny is doing now can be said to be using her popularity to bring prosperity This movie has prompted Robert Downey Jr. to return to the front line faster and more prominently, and the fans who are coming to her now seem to be suspected of 'betrayal' to Downey, but as "Iron Man "One of the investors, Jenny still curled her lips because of Mary's return, she put down her pen, and said to the photographer, "Can you give us some money?"

It has been shooting for so long, so many materials have been shot, of course the photographer will not talk back to her—Jenny didn't mean to hide her intentions, as soon as the photographer turned off the machine, the person hadn't left at all, she I handed the pen to Mary, wiggled my sore index finger, picked up the water glass and sat aside to rest: caa received many letters asking for autographed photos every month, and sometimes they would reply to give photos, There are also a lot of signed DVDs and other peripherals. If Jenny signs them all by herself, she will die of exhaustion sooner or later. Mary, Jim, and even Claudia and Nicholas will imitate her special signatures, which of course belong to the stars' Dirty little secret' one.

"They really gave too much." She looked around the office and couldn't help shaking her head, "How long is it before our next trip? Two hours? Even if I'm with you If you do it, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish so much work."

"No one will think that there are too many signatures around," Mary buried her head in signing a few posters and said, "And we are leaving in an hour, and it takes about half an hour to drive from here to the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles. It's better to go there early."

When she mentioned the word Chinese consulate, she was a little hesitant to speak, and Jenny knew her emotions well, so she smiled, "It seems that in this dispute, you are on the sidelines Sare's side."

"It's still too late to push it away," Mary did not deny Jenny's opinion, but said sincerely, "There is still a week, and we haven't announced it to the public...Jane, do you really think about it again? "

"I'm just going to pass a section of the torch," Jenny said, "this is a rare honor—didn't Aniston pass it too? Back in 2004, I remember she still occupied a lot of space .”

"But she's going to Greece—and she's of Greek origin!" Mary said a little excitedly, "and we're talking about China—Jane, Cesare is right, in this matter The political cost we have to pay here is simply too high.”

Looking at Mary, who didn't even finish high school and went straight to performing arts school, saying the word 'political cost' so straightforwardly, Jenny couldn't help feeling secretly: children from the rich class really have too much advantage in many places up. Jenny Jefferson has almost no concept of politics, but Mary is different. Although she is considered ignorant in her class, she is much more politically sensitive. Of course, at this time Not good news, because native Jenny Jefferson has no aversion to China (in her memory, Asia is a cloud, and Japan occupies a large part of this fog), while Mary is not disgusted with ' □□' is more familiar, and I am more convinced that it is a terrible red country. The degree of civilization may be similar to that of Libya. Dealing with their officials is almost like pouring dirty water on themselves, which is a devastating disaster for the public image.

Of course, some of the more elite and educated groups are not so superficial about China. They are talking about the rising big economy and the challenged authority of the United States in East Asia. Of course, there is The huge amount of U.S. treasury debt held by China, as well as Beijing's growing voice in world politics and the trend of becoming more and more assertive militarily. Perhaps for Hollywood, mainland China is still an insignificant market, with desperately slow growth and pitifully small revenues, which is not worthy of their attention, but in many other fields in the United States, almost everyone When talking about China, there is still a vast market represented by 1.3 billion people. Cesare is one of them. He is not disgusted with China, but is very interested in China's protective policies that will expire in a few years: joining the wto is China's An important step in its rise, which also means that Beijing must make concessions in many areas, including the protective policy of the film market. The quota system will either be completely ended within a few years, or there will be major adjustments. Film companies may not be so harsh anymore, and the number of theater screens in China is increasing rapidly. On this point, he agrees with Jenny—after a few years, the Chinese market will definitely have a bright future. The marketing activities cannot be said to be worthless, but he is still not at all enthusiastic about participating in the Olympic torch relay in China, and he can even be said to be quite resistant. The reason is exactly what Mary said: the political cost of participating in this event is too high. is too high.

The masses can be anti-brainwashed, this is not a problem, although what the Chinese government usually does in the minds of the ignorant people is to hunt down dissidents, lynch them, and kill poor people who violate family planning for no reason The people, maybe they also have perverted hobbies like eating human flesh and sleeping on human skin rugs. The streets of Beijing and Shanghai are full of numb passers-by in Chinese tunic suits—and Tibetans who really eat human flesh and drink human blood. Buddhism, on the other hand, has been praised as a mysterious and ancient representative of oriental culture full of truth, goodness and beauty, and is leading the poor people to escape from the terrible rule. And Jenny's participation in the Beijing Olympics may be considered as flattery to the gangsters, but this is not something to worry about too much, because it can be deduced very clearly that anyone who believes this is quite Ignorant and stupid, Jenny's team can find many convincing excuses, and through them and Disney's powerful network, they can easily be brainwashed back. I believe that Jenny did this out of the Olympic spirit, great love, influence Wait for the support of any sensational reason, no matter how far-fetched it is anyway, as long as it makes sense and preemptively seizes a few important positions of public opinion, this incident will not damage her popularity. In any case, it is no longer during the Cold War, and no matter how ignorant the people are, it is impossible for them to regard her as a traitor to the country just because she passed the torch.

And if her impression of Beijing is relatively normal and her IQ is high, then there is nothing wrong with her behavior, let alone affect anything. And the fact is that the political sensitivities of most of the people are nothing more than that. A sports event in a distant country, and Jenny's participation, seems to be no different from her participation in charity activities-although Cesare believes that the work of communication media It is very cumbersome and requires a lot of money, which seems a little uneconomical, but he also admitted that passing the torch and attending the Olympic opening ceremony can be a good way to return director Zhang's favor, and it is also very beneficial to the Chinese department of the Venice Film Festival. Strong draw effect. However, the reason why he is quite opposed to this idea is mainly because in Los Angeles, there is a strong political sensitivity, and at the same time, the political tendency is very naive and naive, and it is easy to manipulate and control the force, which Jenny has to pay attention to Power—Hollywood film and television practitioners, or to be more specific, that is the Oscars, Golden Globe Awards, the judges of the big and small outpost awards she needs, and the political leanings they represent...

"What you have to know is that I heard that many groups have already planned to use this opportunity to express their political demands," Cesare repeatedly pointed out in their meeting, "and these groups are related to many names. Close, one of the names you're familiar with is George Clooney, and I've heard he might even come out against it himself. Of course, he's always wanted to be in politics, but even if he didn't, it's just for Oscar's sake He would do the same thing in the future, do you think he knows China well? How much do you think he hates the Olympics? Jefferson, this man only thinks about Oscars, otherwise why is he making so many political films?"

George Clooney's choice undoubtedly shows the tendency of the Oscar judges. In fact, Jenny knows this, because Oscar's selection of the best foreign language film is enough to explain everything. □Area, apart from artistry, the Oscar judges prefer gloomy works that expose scars. Judging from the best foreign language films selected in China, there is no doubt that the judges' understanding of this region is about the same as that of ignorant people , also belonged to the kind of infinite blackening, who would they like more between George Clooney and her, it goes without saying.

"Even if you think the Chinese market has great potential, you can wait until it really starts to explode." This is what Cesare has always insisted on. It has a unique vision, but it will drown you in the water more often, and become a stepping stone for others to land later.”

Of course Jenny understands this—not to mention George Clooney, even Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. He has unequivocally chanted those slogans that Beijing regards as taboo. In Hollywood, no one will have trouble with money. He even said that American TV dramas that have been committed to making Chinese Latin-style villains have begun to be purchased on a large scale in China. After entering the American drama, it will naturally reset the villain's base to Russia or the Middle East. From this point of view, Cesare's proposal is reasonable: to participate in the opening ceremony, but not run away from the torch, this will maximize the benefits of this matter and minimize the disadvantages.

"I know, you will talk about the Oscars next." Seeing that Mary still intends to go on, Jenny waved her hand helplessly, "Talk about how unfavorable and unfavorable this will be to the Oscars of "Monroe" Inestimable impact, do I want "Monroe" to win an Oscar? Of course I do, otherwise why would I spend so much time making this movie? Will I run the torch-"

She dragged out her voice, and Mary couldn't help showing a hopeful expression——

"I still will." Jenny said, seeing Mary's face suddenly changed, she couldn't help laughing, "Yes, I still will."

"But—" Mary was still struggling.

"I think it's an honor," Jenny said, not wanting to continue the subject, in an unquestionable tone, "a very rare honor—and I'm willing to pay the price for choosing it—of course, Just like what I said to Cesare, I think that in the long run, this is also a very favorable choice-don't ask me where it is beneficial, you know how I will answer you."

Marie's lips twitched, and she silently muttered the word 'intuition' with an expression that almost rolled her eyes, and Jenny laughed—Marie's expression reminded her of Cesare, who heard her ultimatum This expression is almost the same when he is "intuitive", of course, his expression is far less exaggerated than Mary's.

"Okay, you will definitely know later." She said in a relaxed tone, "Hurry up and sign now, we still have fifteen minutes—"

Before she finished speaking, Mary's phone rang. Mary opened her hand to her, picked up the phone, and returned the pen stopper to her while Jenny kept waving her hand in refusal, while saying, "Well, Um' in response,

Leaving the seat in relief. Jenny made a face at her back, reluctantly picked up the pen again, and signed her name on the mug.

"Your work attitude should be severely criticized." After hearing Mary's footsteps turning back, she complained, "Seriously, Mary, you can't just..."

Mary did not reply, and Jenny interrupted the signing action——after seeing Mary's expression, she put down the signature pen, "What happened?"

"It's Jeff Cohen," Mary said, her expression was very strange, her lips even trembled slightly, "he's dead——"

"What?" Jenny said, she hadn't quite figured it out yet.

"He's dead," said Mary, who blinked and added in a blank tone, "—the murderer was your fan."