King of Hollywood Chapter 59: “Terminator II” is released
With the arrival of July, the temperature in London has begun to climb to the highest peak of the year, but even then the highest temperature is 72 degrees Fahrenheit, which can be said to be quite pleasant. In addition to the colder weather in the morning and evening, you need to wear a coat, other times are very casual, as long as you wear an umbrella to prevent rain showers that may come at any time.
In addition, entering July also heralds the arrival of various peak seasons, such as travel, fashion, entertainment, etc., and merchants are doing their best to promote their own hopes to attract more attention. However, in the movie market, many movies originally scheduled to be released on the first day of July have quietly changed their schedules, because a movie was also released on this day-"Terminator 2"!
Prior to this, the publisher successfully raised people’s curiosity about this movie with over 100 million investment through various publicity. The liquid metal robot T-1000 appeared in the trailer also made many people like the visual effects. It’s amazing, and Cameron’s original “Terminator” also cultivated a lot of fans, so in the first week, he got more than 30 million box office in North America, and the total box office reached 60 million in one week!
Many film critics expressed shock at the film, whether it’s the plot or visual effects, and some people even pointed out that the scene where the T-1000 slowly walked out of the explosion site had no less impact on the film industry than 77 years. "Star Wars". Regardless of whether this statement is exaggerated, the release of "Terminator 2" really attracted the attention of countless people in the shortest time.
"In this film you can see a lot of things, a slight mocking of industrial civilization, a film atmosphere that appears dignified due to the addition of religious atmosphere, and an alternative father-son relationship. The director has always excellently controlled the rhythm of the film, It's not slow, but it is attracting the attention of the audience at all times. The actors' performances are also very outstanding, Linda is feminist, and Edward, who is only 14 years old, is perfect. In addition, congratulations to Arnold, Finally, I found a suitable way to perform. Of course, there is Robert, the scene where T-1000 comes out of the fire will inevitably leave a heavy stroke in the history of film!"
This is a part of a movie review written by a critic in the column of "The New York Times". I can imagine how shocking "Terminator 2" is. Therefore, after the second week of release, the total box office in North America exceeded 100 million!
"Remember what I told you, Lafern? This movie will set off a frenzy all over the world." Adrian, sitting on the couch with his legs on the couch, said by phone, although he is now in London, and " "Terminator 2" will take a while to be released in the UK, but he is still concerned about the film.
"This is indeed an excellent movie, but there is not much that can be said yet." Raphine's voice remained calm. He is stable, he does not rush, he can maintain a good mentality under any circumstances is his characteristic and advantage.
Indeed, for any movie, a two-week box office with hundreds of millions of dollars is a matter of celebration. Except for "Terminator 2", after all, the investment in this movie is unprecedented at present. According to the regulations of the box office split, if the box office cannot exceed 200 million, it is a sure thing to lose money.
Adrian did not justify it, and hung up the phone after a few more words. To be honest, he really wanted to go to the cinema to watch this movie for the first time. The extra 10 million investment was not spent. Before he arrived in London, he had seen the enhanced T-1000 in Cameron's studio. CG is indeed a bit different from what he remembers. Adrian would like to know if it looks more perfect and shocking when viewed on the big screen.
But it doesn’t matter, it will be released in the UK in about half a month, and it’s not too late to see it. Speaking of that, Cameron's guy is really good at burning money. Although it seems that he is satisfied after getting the 10 million investment, Adrian knows that this guy in private is not planning to invest more.
Crazy guy, but it was this crazy guy who dared to burn out "Titanic" for $240 million in the mid-1990s. Although "Terminator 2" opened the era of movie CG, and "Jurassic Park" promoted it, the trend of high investment production started from "Titanic".
"So, this guy should also be in his hands." Adrian murmured to himself.
Then, as soon as his ear hurts, he saw little Emma looking at him with a little grievance.
"Well, what is it?" Adrian asked helplessly. It has been more than a month since the original disaster-like accident. The little girl seems to have come out of the haze, not only with a smile Quite a lot, and the communication with other people has been relatively smooth, and sometimes it is no different from ordinary children over 1 year old.
is sometimes said that she still has to rely on Adrian, even if he no longer needs him to accompany himself to take a bath or go to the bathroom, but leaving him for too long will still be uneasy and panic. Moreover, her perception of Cate has hardly changed, and she still rejects it, no matter how hard the other party pleases her.
"Origami!" The little girl raised something in her hand and spit out a few simple words from her mouth, "frog."
"Are you all right? Ha, Emma, you are so smart." Adrian took the frog origami in her hand and looked at it, then waved it to Cate, who was curled up on the sofa on the other side.
Note that the two of them Cate gave Adrian a white eye, bowed his head and said nothing, and went on reading.
"Is it really so beautiful?" Adrian couldn't help asking.
"Of course, this is "Resident Evil"." Cate smiled half teasingly.
The official publication date of the novel "Resident Evil" was in late June, because the same language was used, and the British version was soon available in London. In addition, only the Japanese version enjoyed such treatment. After all, Adrian's original motivation for writing this novel was to want a little disgusting Japanese.
Of course, Adrian’s explanation for this is that the Japanese are not very interested in zombie novels? It is possible to distribute a small amount of water for trial. Although the publishing company felt strange, it did so.
is just the sales volume of this novel...... It is really unsatisfactory, the sales volume of the first batch is not bad, 300,000 copies sold about 200,000, but the publishing company added 100,000 copies and immediately Can't sell anymore. Although it is a bit profitable, it is not much. You should know that in order to enrich the content, Adrian deliberately combined the plots of "Resident Evil1" and "Resident Evil0" in one book. The refined plots are relatively more interesting, but I did not expect that the sales are so general-of course, This has nothing to do with the pen name of the Adrian department, otherwise the gimmick of "the first science fiction novel directed by a new ghost" will attract enough attention.
Dissatisfied is not satisfied, Adrian did not say much, let the success of "Resident Evil" is a game, the adapted novel can have such sales already very good, let alone he is not bad at this point. As for the second-rate writer Ben Arnt who co-wrote or wrote for him, he has no problem. The royalties he received did not contribute much but it was not less than before. There was no opinion from the publishing company. Their business was in jeopardy when they were acquired. Although Resident Evil did not make a big profit, it at least stabilized the situation. Coupled with the injection of new funds, it was also foreseeable to revitalize.
"But I want to read another book more," Cate's words suddenly turned, and a hint of nonchalant smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I don't know when I can see it."
"That book, it won't be too long, and it should be better than "Resident Evil", I promise." Adrian could not help laughing, and then he felt Emma was pulling her clothes corner.
"Ed!" The little girl in her arms raised her hands to her mouth and shouted, "Bath!"
"Are you going to take a bath? Alright..." Adrian looked out into the corridor, "Ms. Marson, the little guy is going to take a bath."
"No! You!" Emma hurriedly shouted, and glanced at Cate with an unhappy look.
"Hey, obedient, Emma, we said yes." Adrian did not compromise. When Ms. Malson came over, she picked up the little girl and handed it to her.
"Okay, Emma, it won't be too long." Malson comforted the little guy, "You will see Ed soon."
Although reluctantly, Emma was taken away despite looking at Adrian pitifully.
"How does it feel to be infatuated, Ed?" Cate sighed leisurely ~ IndoMTL.com ~ very good. "Adrian, who had watched the little guy leave, finally turned his head and looked at her with a smile.
Cate snorted softly, got up and walked to the other side of the corridor, Adrian shrugged and immediately followed her. Pushing open the door of the study, the two walked in one after the other, and then hugged and kissed fiercely without saying anything.
Their tongues were entangled fiercely, and their hands were soothing on each other's bodies. From one side to the other, the crunching voices came one after another. Finally, Cate sitting on the table clamped his slender legs between the waists of Adrian, and Adrian followed a strong push to start a violent exercise.
Various scrupulous voices echoed in the study, and the accumulated enthusiasm was vented at this moment. After a long time, the continuous tremor of the body ended, and the two people calmed down in their gasps.
"Hell, now every time we do something we need to see the stitches, as if we can't see anyone." Cate, who didn't let go of Adrian, grumbled and complained.
"No way, Emma is very entangled, and I can't ignore her," Adrian kissed her face tenderly, "Okay, this situation will soon improve-yes, before you Is it right to say that the California Academy of Art has passed the application? After the matter here, we will go back to Los Angeles together, and you can do whatever you want."
"I know this!" Facing Adrian with a laugh, Cate hummed his mouth softly, and the unleashed legs suddenly used force again, "There is still time, do you want to come again?"
Adrian raised an eyebrow: "As you wish."
Then all the previous sounds quickly rang again.
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