Chapter 1789 Freckles Are More Interesting than Movies

(I didn’t go home until midnight yesterday, o(╥﹏╥)o)

Indeed, as Donna said, after watching the whole movie, Yang Cheng's biggest feeling is that this is basically a romantic and extraordinary deep-space drama in the "Avalon" spaceship blessed with various cool technologies. Romantic love movies have no so-called dramatic tension at all, and they cannot feel a strong sense of involvement and excitement. Just like the reason why most men don't like to watch idol dramas, they cannot put themselves into the characters.

In normal life, how many men are there who are handsome, rich, caring and loyal to their families?

Not to mention the whole country, there are not many in the world.

Anyway, throughout the movie, the male and female protagonists not only play and kiss happily in the luxurious swimming pool, dance room, and fashionable bar designed on the spaceship, but also have high-tech robots delivering love letters and bartending to assist, which also makes the originally boring life Space travel becomes new and dreamy.

It has no nutrition. Of course, Yang Cheng doesn’t expect to get any education from watching a commercial blockbuster. It’s just entertainment. From this perspective, the powerful visual effects of “Passengers” are sufficient, but that’s all. Anyway, Yang Cheng will not watch it a second time after watching it.

It's hard for a movie like this to become a hit.

According to today's bill-sharing ratio, generally speaking, a movie must get a box office of three times the cost in order for the movie to be profitable.

The investment cost of "Passengers" is US$110 million, which means that the movie's box office must reach three times that amount, at least 300 million to break even. The excess will be the profit of the movie, otherwise the movie will be produced at a loss.

In fact, most of the investment in this movie was spent on the remuneration of the leading actor. Although stars cannot guarantee a blockbuster, for ordinary audiences, stars are still an important factor in deciding to buy tickets, which explains why they The remuneration is always sky-high.

The eldest cousin is an Oscar-winning actress and is supported by the box-office "Hunger Games" series, so it is not unusual for her to receive a salary of 20 million for this movie. "The salary of Chris Pratt, who quickly became famous, also increased to 12 million US dollars.

Major companies in Hollywood have their own accounts, and stars are not invited randomly. As an Oscar-winning actress born in the 1990s, Jennifer Lawrence is also one of the stars with the highest box office return in Hollywood. Every dollar she gets in salary can bring in more money for the film. Comes to a return of $17.7.

Therefore, neither the salary nor the dividends are surprising. The most important thing is that Big Cousin is still extremely popular in markets outside North America, which plays a vital role in the overseas distribution of "Passengers" , this money is well spent.

But it is really difficult to make a lot of money with her alone. Among the current Hollywood actresses, there is no superstar like Leonardo DiCaprio. Even Scarlett, who became famous all over the world with Black Widow, is just a In commercial films, she gained the not-so-recognized status of 'Hollywood's No. 1 Sister'.

But compared to those two male actors, his status is not even a bit inferior.

Of course, from the current point of view, the eldest cousin originally had a chance, but because of Harvey's incident, her name was also implicated. Although it had no impact on the surface, in the eyes of the academics, her path was dead. Just make some commercial films to make money, don't expect Qing Shi to leave a name.

After the screening, there was a small celebration banquet to celebrate the official release of the movie. There was not much that everyone could do next. Apart from the step-by-step promotion, all that was left was to resign themselves to fate and hope for a box office hit and add glory to their archives. A stroke of the eye.

During the banquet, Yang Cheng of course refused to overshadow the two leading actors and stole the limelight. There was no way, the entertainment industry is the most snobbish place, and what they do most is to flatter the superiors and suppress the inferiors. With Yang With the big boss Cheng here, who would pay attention to the mood of the two leading actors.

If Luo Yue hadn't been present, I'm afraid it would have been her eldest cousin holding Yang Cheng's arm tonight.

This woman is extremely shrewd, far from the Erha attribute in the eyes of the audience, her speech is no longer straightforward, and it is difficult for people to find fault in all aspects of etiquette.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, the eldest cousin tested Yang Cheng with a sincere face. Don't worry, it was not about 404 content, but asking him if he had any plans to invest in a new movie.

Yang Cheng asked, "Is it your project?"

The eldest cousin's flaming red lips are definitely a man-slayer, and have an irresistible magic power for those innocent little boys.

"Yes, the name of the project is "Red Sparrow". It is adapted from this year's best-seller "Red Swallow". It mainly tells the story about a contemporary polar bear spy. The heroine reluctantly becomes a swallow. I will contribute a super-scale performance. .”

This sentence brought back Yang Cheng's memories. This was a movie that was released before he was reborn. The reason why he watched it was entirely because of the R-rated scenes in the movie. Facts have also proved that the eldest cousin is not only good-looking. It's resistant to fighting, and its figure is impressive enough. It's a pity that for such a good subject matter, the director and screenwriter were confused about it, and the editing was even more chaotic.

There are many interesting characters in this drama, and now there is a recognized formula: small characters = failure at the box office. This is an irrefutable equation, just like 1+1=2, no one will question it.

This is a pity for the eldest cousin's performance. No matter how she got her previous Oscar, her professional level must not have been selected, otherwise the big guys in the academy would not take the initiative to slap their faces to the audience.

Just imagine the embarrassment of being a good actor and a bit player, and you can imagine how ugly this movie is. Whenever the eldest cousin and other rival actors appear in the camera, there will be a sense of dissonance.

Moreover, the tension in the movie is too high, and the result of excessive force is that it is too artificial, looks too fake, and the exaggerated technique makes people jump from the scene.

Compared with other spy movies, "Red Sparrow" has a slower pace. Logically speaking, it should be at the pace of a feature film or a romance movie, but it would not be appropriate to put it in a spy action scene. To put it mildly, it handles the plot very calmly. , to put it bluntly, it means procrastination and delays.

The funniest thing is that parallel editing is used at the beginning of the movie. The two story lines develop together. The original intention is good, but this editing method requires strong control. If you are not careful, the picture will start to get out of control. It was simply the scene of a car accident.

In fact, the plot reversal method has only increased in popularity in recent years, both in reasoning and in movies. This is a trend, but this movie is a bit self-defeating. After many reversals, the overall movie looks Like distorted abstract art, no, it can't be art yet, it's just scribbling.

It's really a waste of my cousin's good figure.

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng couldn't help but move his eyes downward, as if he was attracted by the cute freckles on her chest. Anyway, it was more interesting than "Red Sparrow".

Then the eldest cousin misunderstood and showed Yang Cheng a large piece of scenery from a better perspective. She smiled charmingly and said, "I am very confident in this project. If Mr. Yang is interested, we can have a good chat~"

These words can lead to countless follow-ups, such as how to talk? Where to talk? What happens after we talk?

It has to be said that women who can survive in the entertainment industry have at least one basic skill, which is to make men surrender!

Luo Yue was not stupid, her eyelids sank, and she held Yang Cheng's hand tightly, but she still had that gentle look on the surface, looking harmless, she smiled lightly and said, "Why don't you talk to me, Lawrence Miss? I am quite interested in this project. To tell you the truth, I have also read the book "Red Swallow" and liked it very much."

Yang Cheng secretly laughed, this girl is jealous~

He was very smart and kept silent. His eldest cousin originally expected him to open his mouth to smooth things over, but he didn't expect him to say anything, so she had to answer it herself, "Really? That's the best. I won't bother you if I have a chance to make an appointment for afternoon tea." , say goodbye, and wish you a happy time~"

After saying that, the eldest cousin grabbed the hem of her skirt and left, leaving only a beautiful shadow. Luo Yue bit her lip and hummed, "These women are so..."

That word was a bit too much and she couldn't say it.

Yang Cheng held her lower back affectionately, "Okay, you know I'm not interested in this kind of woman who is too proactive~"

Luo Yue asked angrily, "Really? Then what woman are you interested in?"

Yang Cheng's heart tightened, and he was almost buried in the hole he dug. He smiled and said, "I'm only interested in you~"

Luo Yue burst out laughing, "I'll spare your life. I'm a little tired. How about we go back?"

"Okay, I'll go say hello to Donna~"

Donna was busy chatting with Sanford just now. When she heard that Yang Cheng was leaving, she was about to get up and see her off, but was stopped by Yang Cheng, "You guys have fun, I'll leave first. I have something to do tomorrow."

Just as he turned around, Sanford stopped him, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Yang, do you know anything about Buzzfeed?"

Yang Cheng turned around in surprise. He didn't know why the other party suddenly mentioned Buzzfeed. Of course he understood that it was a news aggregation platform with a very strong social attribute. It recommended popular articles to users based on editor recommendations and algorithm functions, so that the articles could be published on multiple websites. Social networks create viral spread.

In the words of Comrade Jianguo: No one knows better than him~

This was the American version of Toutiao in the previous life. No, to be precise, the domestic headlines were modeled after buzzfeed. Although the two are different, the essence has not changed. Buzzfeed could be called the originator of personalized recommendations in the previous life.

It's just that in this life, due to various reasons, it has never developed. It has no reputation in the American Internet field. Instead, it has been stolen by Yang Cheng, a rising star, and it has even become the fourth largest media group in the United States.

But now that Sanford suddenly mentioned this company, are they also popular?

The reason why Buzzfeed was so great in the previous life was entirely due to its strong technology and data analysis research team. They had their own big data tools Pound and Hive developed.

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