684 Chapter 684
Nicholas has been thinking about how to write the news about "speed of life and death" this time. He chatted with Hugo for a while, but he didn't get any useful information. If he was asked to write the news, it would probably be a cliché. Especially when the point of the script had been written by The New York Times, Nicholas felt that there was nothing else new.
However, after reading these news, Nicholas suddenly had an idea. He felt that it might be a good time to use this as a turning point to convert the habitual questioning of the media into habitual praise. After all, he is no longer fighting alone. In addition to the "U.S. Weekly", which has always been gossipy news, the addition of the three major newspapers, "The New York Times", "Wall Street Journal" and "Washington Post", will undoubtedly make the power between Hugo and the media. The contrast has shifted again - it's just that the media who have been suppressed by the "witch trials" will not have a day to turn around.
After thinking about it, Nicholas began to type on the typewriter, "Ingenious choice, unusual masterpiece", but looking at the title, he felt that it was not powerful enough, and the overall feeling was weaker. After hesitating, he put the paper Pulled it off, then changed a piece of paper, and after deliberation, I typed the title, "Another 100 Million Dollar Birth?"
Looking at the title, Nicholas remembered Hugo's sarcastic smile, "You said, if I think the box office of 'Life and Death' will definitely exceed $100 million, what will everyone think?" Hugo said this sentence When talking, it was more of a joke, ridiculing the media's repeated distrust of him, and mocking the status quo that he still did not get the trust of his excellent works after several contributions, but he didn't complain, it was just a joke.
However, from Hugo's words, Nicholas heard Hugo's strong self-confidence. His first reaction was that Hugo was crazy, but after thinking about it carefully, Nicholas felt strangely that this was very likely to become a reality! So why didn't he trust Hugo once and take a gamble?
"The trajectory of the Worst Actor winner Hugo Lancaster in 1992, no one could have predicted; Hugo Lancaster caught in a series of negative press after losing his double Golden Globe nomination The trajectory in 1993 was equally unpredictable; then, the trajectory of Hugo Lancaster, who was nominated for the second consecutive Golden Globe nomination for the second consecutive year, but entered the final stage of the Oscars for the first time, in 1994, Can anyone predict that?"
Seeing his opening remarks, Nicholas couldn't help feeling excited, and his mind was suddenly filled with thoughts.
"No one was optimistic about the prospect of 'Scent and Knowing a Woman', everyone thought it would be a disaster, but the film won $80 million at the box office and sent Al Pacino to the Oscars; no one Optimistic about the results of 'Yihai Xiongfeng', everyone thinks that this work is likely to become mediocre, but the film contributed 170 million US dollars at the box office, and sent Hugo Lancaster to the eighth consecutive championship. The location of the rising star at the box office.
No one was optimistic about the release of 'Sleepless in Seattle', everyone thought it would be another boring chick movie, but it turned out to be a record-breaking $189 million. I got a taste of the style of love; no one was optimistic about the production of 'Schindler's List', everyone thought that the subject matter was too heavy and would lead to a total loss, but as a result, the film achieved a box office of 205 million US dollars, and also became a The best work of the year.
No one is optimistic about the future of "Pulp Fiction", everyone thinks this is another stupid choice by Hugo; no one is optimistic about the future of "Life and Death", everyone thinks that Hugo's choice is inexplicable and unpredictable...
Why are things like this? Why do people habitually question Lancaster's choices for every new work?
Because of the Raspberry Awards? Because of the three-game losing streak of 'Deadly Hour', 'The Raiders' and 'Hudson Eagles'? Because Lancaster turned down a $10 million paycheck? Or because...they couldn't believe Lancaster's eyes.
When Lancaster amazes every film critic with his superb acting time and time again, when Lancaster pushes the film to the perfect position time and time again, it ushered in praise, when Lancaster again and again Once and for all, it proves that all doubts are unnecessary with its own excellent strength. Why has no one seen this? This may be the question people should think about the most.
Since 'The Hero of the Righteous Sea' became the first North American box office hit of Lancaster's actor career, he has achieved such results for three consecutive works, and 'Schindler's List' has gone further and surpassed 200 million. Threshold, this is undoubtedly a huge success, even Tom Cruise has not achieved such success after relying on 'Top Gun' to become a national idol, so now, can Lancaster be able to further create miracles?
Leaving Quentin Tarantino's untold 'pulp fiction' riddled with uncertainty, this time the typical action movie 'Life and Death' can continue the Lancaster myth, once again pushing the film's North American box office into one. Billions of dollars in data?
I choose to believe in Lancaster, how about you? "
Nicholas couldn't help showing a wry smile when he looked at the article he had typed out. In fact, when he looked at the "100 million US dollars" data, he was also a little delusional. The innate shortage of "life and death speed" has to exceed 100 million at the box office. It is too difficult to rely on Hugo's box office appeal alone, and people can't help but feel weak.
However, Nicholas took a deep breath and strengthened his beliefs. He felt that this press release was enough to express all his thoughts clearly. He also believed that the media colleagues would respond most violently to this report, perhaps , This is the launch of the second wave of propaganda of "Speed of Life and Death".
In the press release, Nicholas did not point out that the goal of "100 million dollars" was said by Hugo, because Nicholas knew that Hugo had never been the kind of aggressive personality. He would say this in the conversation at the beginning, On the one hand, there is trust in himself, and on the other hand, there is some ridicule in the ridicule.
Now, this manuscript of Nicholas is a war post to all the media who have questioned, almost directly saying, "Let's bet whether the box office of 'Life and Death' can break through 100 million", so Nicholas feels that there is no need Involved Hugo, but put forward the idea from his standpoint.
Sure enough, as expected by Nicholas, the "Los Angeles Times" report immediately set off a storm after it came out, which also made the editor-in-chief of "Los Angeles Times" happy, although their news reporting speed was one step slower than other media. , but the topic effect created is several times that of others, which is definitely a good deal.
In an instant, "Can the box office of 'life and death' exceed 100 million yuan per hour" has become the hottest topic in the past week. According to incomplete statistics, a total of 19 media have participated in the discussion of this topic, although "variety shows", "" Professional media such as The Hollywood Reporter did not participate, and most of the discussions on the topic were daily and weekly media, but they still pushed the topic to a high level.
The media that thinks that the box office of "Speed of Life" is absolutely impossible to exceed 100 million US dollars is led by the "New York Post". There are 15 media in total, which almost occupies an overwhelming advantage. The overall trend of Hugo's views is still in the stage of habitual questioning.
"The New York Post" said, "An action movie that only invests 28 million US dollars, but hopes to become a 'Terminator' level work, this is undoubtedly an impossible task. Perhaps, this will become another A 'Hudson Eagle' injury, the Raspberry Awards are just around the corner."
The media that said "Life and Death" has the ability to break the 100 million threshold at the box office were led by the "Los Angeles Times" and supported by the "Wall Street Journal", "Washington Post" and "US Weekly" - "The New York Times" did not participate into the discussion on this topic.
The "Wall Street Journal" comment is very representative, "Hugo Lancaster has reached the height of a box office superstar, and his ability to pull the box office is no less than that of today's top actors, just for Hugo Lancaster. In Kester, there are thousands of girls willing to walk into the cinema to watch 'Life and Death'."
The hotness of the topic this time also aroused heated discussions on the radio program. According to an inaccurate survey, 438 street people were sampled and interviewed, respectively from three cities of Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. Fifty-eight percent of the people believed that the box office could not exceed 100 million; the remaining 42 percent believed that the box office could successfully exceed 100 million.
It can be seen that the masses are generally still affected by the negative opinions of the news media, and they are not optimistic about the prospect of "speed of life and death".
But it is worth mentioning that among the 438 people interviewed, more than 86% believe that they are very interested in the "speed of life and death", only 14% No idea at all; and among the 86 percent of the crowd, more than half of them would go directly to the cinema to watch, and the rest said they would watch media comments and friends' opinions before deciding whether to go to the cinema.
There is no doubt that this battle post of the "Los Angeles Times" definitely detonated everyone's attention to the "speed of life and death". Under such circumstances, "Life and Death", a work without any focus, became one of the most watched works this year when it was launched in early February.
So, what kind of response will Hugo make to the media's provocation this time? $100 million at the box office, break or not break?