I’m in Hollywood Chapter 155: A serious nonsense
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On July 10th, the first week of 《Running Out of Time》, Box Office was officially released. Although the George · Northon article caused a skepticism among the public, the reputation of the 《Running Out of Time》 movie itself has not been affected much. More than seventy film critics all praised the film. Therefore, 《Running Out of Time》 was still under the pressure of "Batman" in the first week, and it still won the 2more than 7 million USD weekend three days Box Office. For this data, Columbia is mixed.
The joy is because the Box Office on the summer working day will occupy 40% to 50% of the entire week Box Office. The Box Office in the first seven days of the 《Running Out of Time》 week will still have the opportunity to rush to the 40 million USD mark, although because of "Batman", it will certainly not catch up with "Ghost 2" 45 million's amazing results in the first week, but this figure has made Columbia senior officials who have been worried about 《Running Out of Time》 Box Office for half a month have a good sleep. When the first week arrived at 40 million, then the total Box Office still has a good chance to break through 200 million USD.
Worrying is because of 《Ghostbusters II》 ’s lesson, Columbia is very worried that this movie will follow in the footsteps of “Ghost Hunting 2”, and it will fall by more than 50% of Box Office the following week, although it will not appear like “Batman” again. That kind of blockbuster, but just after experiencing the ups and downs of the Box Office curve of "Ghostbusters 2", it is inevitable that Columbia has such worries. Movies are like gambling, and no one knows what will happen next.
Therefore, when the turmoil caused by the questioning article of George · Northon had just started, Columbia soon summoned all senior executives to discuss countermeasures. The consequences of this kind of thing are difficult to predict. Maybe after people read it, they forgot to chat a few words. But Columbia also found that it seems that many people do not want this kind of argument to be easily ignored by people. In just a few days, a lot of media began to fuel.
They will never allow 《Running Out of Time》 with good momentum to be affected by this question, not to mention, Columbia has already determined the Eric's "topic marketing" proposal, using the film's advertising and Eric TV series clips as hype topics. Push up the second week of Box Office, but if this plan is to be implemented smoothly, this wave of questions must be clarified first, otherwise topic marketing will be difficult to achieve the estimated effect, and it may be superimposed because of previous questions. Bad condition.
When a group of executives were a little bit puzzled about how to clarify that 《Running Out of Time》 did not have a gunman ’s work, the small box of video tapes that Eric moved into the meeting room made everyone shine, and after playing a few video tapes, everyone The countermeasures were quickly discussed.
CBS TV Station is located in the branch office building of Los Angeles. Eric is making final preparations with a female host named Sophia Temple, and then will record a program called "Sophia Talk Show". Want to clarify the question as soon as possible, is there any more convincing way than playing a live video on the spot in front of millions of viewers on a talk show?
When an executive made this suggestion, the first thing Eric thought of was the famous "Oprah talk show". After all, this show is so famous. Unfortunately, his idea was quickly dispelled. Because the broadcast time of each season of "Oprah Talk Show" is from September to May of the following year, it is just right now for the stop period of this talk show. Moreover, even if the Oprah talk show is not stopped now, it is unlikely to arrange a schedule in just a few days.
Secondly, Columbia quickly arranged another show called "Sophia Talk Show" through the well-connected CBS TV Station. This talk show is obviously imitating "Oprah Talk Show". Unfortunately, Eric previous life has not heard of it.
Sophia · Temple is a very temperamental white woman, dressed in a burgundy professional suit, black hair and blue eyes, and a sharp nose bridge, Eric feels that the other party is somewhat similar to Courteney · Cox in previous life 《Friends》, but she A little more book gas than Courteney · Cox.
After communication, Eric also understands why this talk show previous life is unknown. It is estimated that this follow-up work will not exist for long.
Because Sophia · Temple's character is very gentle, he is quite satisfactory. Eric guesses that the other party must be from a wealthy family and received a full set of elite education. Although this woman is very talented, her personality is somewhat conservative. Therefore, Eric feels that she is more suitable for more serious high-end talk shows, interviews with entrepreneurs, scientists or senior government officials, etc., not suitable for this kind of talk show that needs to interact with guests and arouse the atmosphere of the audience.
Compared with Oprah, who was born at the bottom of the game, the other party can explode their childhood experience of being intimate in order to hype the influence of the show. They can make a variety of funny actions on the spot, and they can be big with the guests on the spot. Cry and laugh, and Eric can be sure that the conservative Sophia Temple will certainly not be able to do this.
"Ms. Temple, Mr. Williams, the scene is ready to start recording." A staff member pushed the door into the lounge and said to Eric and Sophia who were exchanging details.
Eric and Sophia left the lounge side by side and walked towards the studio.
"Speaking of Director, the first impression that many people have in their minds must be the old man with a big beard, a messy hair, and a weird personality. But since last year, there has been an alternative in the Director circle of Hollywood. , And talented, even more surprising is that this teenager has got a jaw-dropping Box Office score in several consecutive movies. Oh, everyone must already know who he is, then, please invite us to our live guests today, Mr. Eric Williams. "
After a proficient opening speech, under the direction of Sophia, Eric walked in again holding the small box. The program team also suggested that the box with the video tape should be placed directly on the scene, but Eric refused. The main reason for going on such a show is to clarify the gunman rumors, so of course, the deeper the impression on the audience, the better.
In the scream of the girl under the stage, Eric smiled and waved to the camera before sitting down with Sophia.
"Eric, is this a gift you prepared for everyone? Would you like me to give it to everyone?" Sophia asked with a smile, pointing to the box brought by Eric.
Wait for Eric's answer, the girls from the stage cried again excitedly, and several girls couldn't help standing up, looking at the things in the box.
Eric pressed his hands slightly awkwardly, motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then explained: "Sorry, everyone, I ’m too rushed today to prepare gifts. As for these, it ’s just some videotapes. Keep it secret, I ’ll surprise everyone later. "
Although many people at the scene sighed with disappointment, they were quiet.
Next, Sophia and Eric started the standard process of talk show interviews, which is close to, recalling childhood, looking back at the past, savoring the present, looking to the future ...
Most of the issues are discussed in advance. In this regard, Sophia is indeed as conservative as the previous evaluation given to her by Eric. Even the occasional small surprises did not make Eric feel uncomfortable.
After talking about the past of Eric for more than ten minutes, the two began to shift the topic to the focus of this interview.
"Eric, many people say that compared to your first few films, the style conversion of 《Running Out of Time》 is too big. What do you think about the evaluation of these people?"
Eric stared at Sophia ’s pretty face and began to talk nonsense: “Actually, to be honest, there were a lot of accidental factors in the appearance of my first few films. When my father died suddenly, I had to Dropped out of school to work in a small restaurant, but that was not the life I wanted. I was very interested in movies since I was a child, so there was "17 Again" script, "17 Again" is for me to enter Hollywood Prepared; "Home Alone" was the inspiration when I chatted with Xiao Stu, the little guy came to my house one night, when I was in shoots "17 Again", Xiao Stu asked me if he could also shoot The movie, I said yes, so "Home Alone" appeared. The script of 《Pretty Woman》 also had a lot of chance. So, 《Running Out of Time》 is a movie that I really want to shoots from the heart. I had the idea of making this movie a long time ago. For this reason, I even sent an invitation to Tom · Mr. Hanks even before 《Pretty Woman》 shoots. "
"Oh, then, your first few movies are all your tickets, if you hear these words from Hollywood and many Director, many people will be heartbroken." Sophia is a little cramped Asked rhetorically, and the audience heard laughter from the audience again. If Eric really came up with several amazing Box Office movies, it is estimated that many Hollywood Directors that had struggled for many years would hit the wall.
Eric quickly smiled and denied, "Of course not. I'm working **** every previous movie. I think a person wants to achieve some achievements. The most important thing is that even some things You are not very interested, but you should also try to do it well. "
Sophia nodded thoughtfully: "Eric, although you are still so young, with your achievements, you will definitely not be subject to too many constraints and restrictions when making movies, does it mean Will your future movies be of the style 《Running Out of Time》? "
"No, I prefer to try new things, so my future movies will definitely be diverse, and I do n’t want to be labeled as a certain type of movie Director at a young age."
"However, I have heard such a point these days that even the best film masters will definitely have similar factors in their films. But some newspaper analysis said that the 《Running Out of Time》 film is the same as Your first few films have nothing in common, just like ... like two people came out of shoots. "Sophia stared at Eric and raised this sharp topic.
The audience at the scene immediately became breath-holding. In fact, many people have already guessed the reason for realizing Eric to participate in this talk show, so I am curious how Eric will defend himself.