Five Hundred and Fifty-Two - Regretful Eyes

Universal Pictures' early-morning routine meeting ended in a very strange atmosphere. Their top summer release this year, "Jurassic Park 2," had a box office of nearly $45 million on its first day. This in itself It was already considered a huge success, but the box office on the first day was close to 45 million US dollars, but it ranked second in the single-day box office list on Friday. This made many executives and shareholder representatives feel bitter.

After the meeting, the executives of each department left the conference room with their heads lowered. But before everyone left, they could not help but cast a hidden glance at the CEO sitting at the end of the conference table. Now most people were muttering, and no one was sure. En-Meyer, will you be unlucky because of this decision?

It stands to reason that as long as "Jurassic Park 2" can earn a large amount of revenue for Universal Pictures, Ron Meyer's position will be absolutely unshakable. However, no matter what the board of directors and parent company Comcast think, then That's another story.

"Boss, some shareholder representatives on the board of directors have expressed distrust in your arrangements for the release of "Jurassic Park 2" at this time, both covertly and covertly."

After all the senior executives in the conference room were gone, Ron Meyer's confidant Chris Dandley, the senior executive of the distribution department, looked at the other party with a trace of worry and whispered: "A lot of people." Everyone is waiting for the box office results of "Jurassic Park 2", but if it is always suppressed by "The Dark Knight"..."

Of course, Ron Meyer is aware of the gossip among the shareholder representatives on the board of directors. Those people will never think of what contributions you have made to the company or how much money you have made. In the eyes of the capitalists, they only care about whether your decision-making will affect it. their income.

As the first-day box office of "Jurassic Park 2" was released, the board of directors was not more concerned about the excellent box office results. Instead, there was another voice among shareholders. They believe that such an excellent film should not be scheduled to be released at this time. If "Jurassic Park 2" can avoid "Batman: The Dark Knight", it will obviously gain more benefits.

Ron Meyer pondered for a while, looked up at the closed door of the conference room, then looked at Chris Dandley, and asked in a low voice: "Can you do something to make a fuss about public opinion?"

"It's hard."

Chris Dandley thought for a moment and shook his head hesitantly. "The core members of the cast of "The Dark Knight" have almost no big problems that can arouse public opinion. After investigation, I found that unless they hold on to Charlie Sheen, who plays Two-Face, there is no point in doing so now. Big, it will only highlight his character of a prodigal son."

In this circle, if you want to investigate, basically no one’s butt is clean. Even the big stars who shine under the spotlight can still find out a lot of bad things through careful investigation. This can be clearly seen in "Batman: Darkness" With the current popularity of "Knights", it obviously doesn't make much sense to hype up trivial things.

Therefore, the most common method used by two movies to compete is to discredit the other party's main participants and make ordinary movie fans feel disgusted. Now it is difficult to use it on Wayne and others.

"Chris."

After thinking about it carefully for a while, Ron Meyer's eyes suddenly condensed, as if he suddenly remembered something, and whispered: "I can't remember the specific time. If it is correct, it should be 1993. That year When "Joker" was released, I remember there was a crisis that almost killed the film..."

As his voice became deeper and deeper, Chris Dandley's upper body sat upright in his chair, and his eyeballs became rounder and rounder following his old boss's words. The bigger he is, if you look carefully, you can see that the emotion in his eyes reveals fear.

He turned his head somewhat mechanically, stretched out his tongue and licked his suddenly dry lips, and the sound seemed to be squeezed out of his throat. "Movie theater shooting...?!"

Before Ron Meyer could give a positive answer, Chris Dandley immediately shook his head violently. He was now afraid to look into the eyes of his old boss, fearing that what he saw was madness.

"No, no, no!" He shook his head and said, "Boss, you should probably go back and have lunch with your family, and then walk the dog with the children. You are really too busy during this time!"

Are you kidding? Chris Dandley knows very well that similar things have indeed happened in Hollywood before, and there are still no answers to many tragedies related to film marketing. Not only have they happened before, but he believes they will continue to happen in the future. Behind the glamorous veneer of Hollywood, the darkness inside is enough to scare ordinary people.

But this time their competitors are Warner Bros., one of the six giants, and Wayne Greenberg, the new Oscar-nominated best director and a famous Hollywood billionaire. Just think about some nonsense.

"Okay." Ron Meyer took a deep breath and shook his head with a wry smile. He knew that he was a little confused. Even if they had other ideas, Steven Spielberg and the producers Katherine Kennedy may not be willing to cooperate.

"Chris, contact those damn vampires. In the past two days, especially before the next working day, try to keep the professional reputation of "Jurassic Park 2" strong."

"Okay, boss."

Looking at Ron Meyer's leaving figure, until the door of the conference room was closed again, Chris Dandley relaxed and leaned on the chair, frowned and sighed.

Continuing to publicize those film critics can only be said to be a routine method after the movie is released. Everyone knows that now is not the awards season, but the summer season. The film review recommendations of professional film critics cannot actually affect the majority of movie fans. Viewers should choose, especially young people, who are the main moviegoers in this period.

But doing nothing and passively waiting for the two films to collide with this trend will definitely not work. They can only use all available methods now. As for the final result, no one can know.

Chris Dandley understands very well why his old boss has some extreme ideas. The final success or failure of this film will have a great impact on Ron Meyer within the group, even if the final "Jurassic Park 2" "The total box office results of "The Dark Knight" can bring a lot of revenue to the group, and some people will also attack his release schedule. Unless he can firmly suppress "The Dark Knight" in terms of box office results, otherwise, This is equivalent to a quagmire, and it is very difficult to escape easily.

It is now mid-to-late May, and Los Angeles has officially entered the hottest season. At the end of the famous Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills, in the master bedroom on the third floor of Greenberg Manor, Cameron Diaz opens the bathroom door. He walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a white bathrobe and wiping his hair with one hand.

The breeze blew in from the large balcony on the third floor. From here, you can almost overlook the entire Beverly Park, but it was obvious that Cameron Diaz had no intention of watching this. The corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily, and she rolled her eyes and stood there. Wiping his hair on the ground, he watched a lively action drama.

Angelina Jolie seemed to have lost her soul at this time. Her round eyes were staring at the ceiling aimlessly, her hands were tied together behind her back, as if she had been brutally ravaged, and her voice was clearly gone. It was extremely hoarse, but it still let out frowning screams from time to time.

A few minutes later, Angelina Jolie's hands were let go, as if her bones had been removed from her body, and she completely collapsed into Wayne's arms. After a while, the woman slowly recovered a little bit. Consciously, without caring about Cameron Diaz who was watching on the sidelines, he leaned into the man's ear and murmured in a low voice: "Damn, you almost sent me to see God, it was so exciting!"

The corners of Wayne's mouth gradually turned up, revealing a chilling evil smile. He raised his eyebrows and playfully said to Angelina Jolie in his arms: "I have some more exciting ideas that I have never tried. , do you want to try again?"

Hearing the man's devilish whisper, the woman's body trembled visibly, and the expression on her face immediately changed from wild after indulgence to pitiful. "My dear, I'm really tired. Don't you have to rush to Chicago today to join the crew for national promotion? Next time, please! My dear."

"bi**h!"

Using a voice that only he could hear, he whispered a curse word. Cameron Diaz rolled his big eyes back and forth, took a few steps forward and came to the two of them, ignoring the other naked woman. Said to Wayne: "Honey, do you want me to take a shower with you?"

"no."

Turning his head, with regret in his eyes, Wayne looked at a white table on the balcony, with a huge white candle standing on it. Judging from the signs of being unlit, it was obvious that he had forgotten about it last night. , a storage box under the table was filled with all kinds of strange tools, as well as a soft leather whip, which the two women had brought by themselves.

Although Naomi Watts was usually very willing to cooperate with him in playing some taboo games, it was impossible for him to experience something more extreme, especially if he used all of these guys. His eyes as he looked at the table were full of regret. One night was too short, and even two women couldn't let him experiment all over again.

The two women obviously noticed his gaze. After looking at each other, they both trembled involuntarily. Cameron Diaz, a passionate girl, got excited instantly when she saw those plugs. I had goosebumps all over my body, and I turned my head deliberately not to mention this topic.

Picking up the woman in his arms and getting off the bed, Wayne glanced at the time and walked to the bathroom, shrugging awkwardly. Last night, he accidentally invited these two women to come to the manor together. It was obvious that he had gone too far. It was already early ten in the morning, and the scheduled flight was completely delayed.

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