Chapter 134 132 Successfully Adapted and Won the Championship

Chapter 134 Successful adaptation, winning the championship

After the interview video of Michael was released, it naturally triggered widespread discussion.

True fans were both excited and distressed. "Rolling in the abyss", the title of this song is sad, which fits MJ's current situation.

Black fans and Eminem's supporters were equally excited. After the new song was released, they would find faults and criticize it. This is a routine operation.

The only thing that surprised both sides was that the lyricist was Eric Cooper.

On a certain music forum, many people expressed their opinions.

"Have you seen the interview? The lyricist of MJ's new song is Eric Cooper. Isn't he a rich second generation? He also knows music?"

"Eric Cooper is not only a rich second generation, but also a director and screenwriter. As a die-hard supporter of MJ, he will definitely not mess around."

"You are right, the two are indeed like-minded, maybe they are both pedophiles!"

"Hehe! Eminem's kid only knows how to make personal attacks. Go back and ask your parents, they will teach you who Michael Jackson is!"

"Parents? This kind of kid may not have parents at all, otherwise he would not only know words starting with F, and can't even make a logical statement."

"FUCK! An old antique who can't keep up with the times, singing outdated songs from the last century, is far worse than Eminem. Look at the data of Eminem's new song. It is rising steadily and will soon reach the top. Pedophiles will kneel down and lick Eminem's major key!"

Just as any group will eventually turn into a sex group, any topic will eventually turn into a quarrel.

Apart from the verbal battle between the two sides, the rest are the neutral spectators. They don't like anyone, and they are against the song, not the person.

If the song is good, these people will listen to it no matter how bad the person is.

But even if it is a super king, they will only listen to the highest quality songs, after all, it is impossible for every song to be a hit song.

"I have listened to "Just Lost It", the rhythm and music are great, Anteater is a very good rap song, and now I can't wait to listen to Michael Jackson's new song."

"The competition between the old king and the top singer of the new era, this is really an exciting duel, but I don't know what the loser will do when the time comes."

"Hahaha, what else can I do, the character of the gangster Eminem is impossible to apologize, and then he will pretend to be a grandson and a mute."

"If Jackson loses, it will be a double whammy for his current situation. I can't imagine what he will do."

Beverly Hills, Cooper's house.

Mom walked upstairs with a tray: "Eric, your breakfast."

Crack!

The door opened, and Eric took the plate. Today is May 31, and it is the sixth day of his retreat.

Eric Cooper now has a scruffy beard and bloodshot eyes, looking very decadent, but with another kind of Gothic beauty.

"Son, are you okay?" Mom asked with concern.

"Yes, great, I am very excited now. I have just completed the first draft of the script of "House of Cards" in just six days. It's really a miracle.

Hearing this, Mom breathed a sigh of relief: "Then go downstairs, you stay in the room all day, we are very worried."

"Oh, sorry, Mom, I made you worry, but I will check the script again."

"Do you want to continue?"

"Yes, this is a very important project, and there is no room for error. I am not at ease to hand it over to others. "

Closing the door, Eric sighed. It was not just his family who cared about him.

During the period of seclusion, Gadot, the Olsen sisters, Nicole, Sevi, Judy and others all called or sent text messages.

That is, it is not the era of mobile Internet yet, and the functionality of mobile phones is not strong. Otherwise, the mobile phones must be locked in the safe so that he can concentrate on writing the script.

During this period, Andrea called on behalf of the "Blue Is the Warmest Color". At this moment, she also felt the pain of Patty Jenkins at the beginning.

Damn, which director can abandon the crew for more than ten days and run away without any news, even if he is commanded from a distance.

Is this movie yours or mine after it is made?

Andrea is not sure about some of the more difficult scenes. She is not as bold as Patty Jenkins and dares not to start at all. Now the progress of the crew is very slow, and they are all waiting for him, the backbone, to come back.

Patty Jenkins also has news. She has persuaded Charlize Theron to star in "Monster" and called Ask him for funding.

Eric waved his hand and approved $8 million for her.

In Eric's opinion, the biggest expense of "Monster" should be makeup.

For a movie adapted from a real event without big scenes, $8 million is not a small amount.

This is still because Patty has been with him and made great contributions. Otherwise, he could have approved five or six million.

Ashley and Mary complained that he broke his promise. He said he would go to their house for dinner this week, but he disappeared for a few days, causing little Elizabeth to be disappointed again. The hormones of the two sisters were also restless.

Gadot also had restless hormones. She wanted to run to Beverly Hills, but fortunately her reason told her not to do so.

Nicole expressed her support for Eric in a mature way. Men should focus on their careers, no matter whether what they said was true or false. This is the attitude of a mature woman.

Liu Yifei and her daughter also arrived in Los Angeles. Eric definitely didn't have time to see them, so he dealt with them with a few words.

Warren reported the opening weekend box office of The Purge. This time, Eric decided to open the film in 1,720 theaters, which was much more generous than the film Sharknado.

Although the number of viewers at the premiere was not large, the film critics and online reviews had a very good reputation.

The imdb score is now 9 points, which is a high score for a commercial film that cannot be studied in depth.

The freshness of Rotten Tomatoes has reached 81%, which surprised Eric when he saw it. It is too high.

The audience comments below mainly focused on the confrontation between the government forces and the rebels. Many people hope that this will be the plot of the next film.

The audience's reaction just proves the success of Eric's adaptation, but the next film may not be easy to shoot.

Once it involves the confrontation between two forces, the cost will definitely soar. Now the key is to see how much box office the movie can get.

At present, the box office of The Purge in the first three days of the weekend is 22.18 million US dollars, and the box office in the first seven days is 45.9 million US dollars.

This data surpassed the 33.22 million US dollars of "The Matrix Reloaded" in one fell swoop, and successfully won the championship throne for a weekend.

Even though it was the third week of "The Matrix 2", it was still not easy.

Compared with the production cost of 3 million US dollars and the publicity cost of less than 1 million US dollars of "The Purge", it has undoubtedly made a lot of money.

The outstanding results have attracted the attention of many companies again.

The success of "Sharknado" made New Line and Lionsgate think about merging, but later everyone in the circle knew the relationship between AK Films and MGM, so naturally no one had such thoughts.

And Eric heard that Dimension Films was planning to set up its own bad movie company, wanting to copy MGM's way, and the road to bad movies is also full of competition.

It took a few more hours to perfect the script and mark out the inappropriate parts. By the evening, the first draft of the script of "House of Cards" was finally completed.

The next step is to find a script doctor and then perfect it. By then, it will be almost done.

After thinking for a while, Eric opened his email and sent a message to Billy in the UK, asking him to ask Michael Dobbs for his opinion.

"OMG!"

After doing all this, as if he had completed a big project, Eric opened his arms, stretched hard, and then fell asleep.

He was awakened by the ringing of the phone in a daze. He took it and saw that it was Michael.

"Hi! Michael!"

"Eric, do you have time to come out?"

"Of course, what's the matter?"

"Nothing, I have an interview in Los Angeles tonight, it's still early, have you eaten?"

"No, but it's too ostentatious outside, especially for a big star like you, why don't you come to my house."

"Thank you, but I didn't bring any gifts, so let's come another day. I know there is a private restaurant where we can go."

"No problem, tell me the address."

"See you later."

Michael is a very shy and shy person. It is indeed inappropriate to suddenly invite him to the house. He will feel uncomfortable when there are too many people.

Eric got up and washed up. He hadn't showered for a week. He smelled the smell on his body and pinched his nose in disgust.

After washing off the dust and shaving, he became the young and handsome guy again.

"Eric, have you finished your work? Are you going out again?"

"I have an appointment with a friend for dinner. Don't worry about me."

When he walked to the garage, Eric suddenly found that his car was gone.

"It must have been driven out by Joshua to pick up girls."

Shaking his head, he rubbed his still dizzy temples and decided not to drive. He was seriously lacking in sleep. If an accident happened, he would be reborn in vain.

He stopped a taxi and got in.

"Sir, where are we going?"

"New Walter Street, Leonard's restaurant, do you know this place?"

The driver nodded: "Of course, there's nothing I don't know."

"Hehe, it's a private restaurant, you know it very well."

"Because I'm doing work in Beverly Hills, I didn't know it at first, but more people went there and naturally knew it. Do you mind if I play some music?"

"It doesn't matter, just play it."

The driver stepped on the accelerator and started the car. At the same time, dynamic music sounded from the car speakers.

Listening to the prelude, Eric couldn't help laughing. The song played was "Rolling in the Deep".

There's a fire starting in my heart

Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark

But you played it

You played it

You played it

You played it to the beat

During the song, Eric hummed along. Of course, Adele and Michael's singing styles are different, but it also made Eric understand why good singers are ever-changing.

For truly top singers, style and melody are not a reason to limit them at all.

Even if it is really due to the rigid limitations of physical functions, they can still find a suitable way to sing.

What's more, the difficulty of singing "rolling in the deep" is not very high, and it is perfectly possible for Maikou to master it. His singing skills are top-notch in the world.

Through his singing, this song not only retains the feeling of Adele, but also blends into Jackson's music style.

It is impossible to judge which version sounds better, each has its own characteristics.

"How's it going? It sounds good, right? This is Michael Jackson's new song, which has just been released."

Eric nodded: "It does sound good. Are you a fan of Jackson?"

The driver laughed: "Look at my age, young man. I come from the era of Jackson. At that time, he made the whole world crazy. Many of my friends and I traveled all over the country chasing his concerts."

"Alas! But Maikou is in a bad situation now. I never believe those rumors about child molestation, but what can we do? We can only hope that Maikou can stand up again."

Listening to the driver's words, Eric couldn't help but sigh. A large number of Mykou fans are concentrated in the age group of 30-40 years old.

This group of people have to be busy and live a life, so naturally they cannot pay attention to their former idols all the time like young people.

But another characteristic of this group of people is that they have money, and the social capital and real voice are actually in their hands. They just need to use appropriate methods to guide them.

Just look at the strikes of major unions. Trucking union strikes can shut down transportation capacity across the United States, teachers union strikes can close schools, port dock union strikes can paralyze docks on both sides of the coast, and so on.

"I'm also a fan of Michael's, and I must buy his new songs." Eric said.

"I will also buy it. Now I can only support Mykou in this way."

The car arrived at Leonard's restaurant, and Michael was already waiting here.

Eric ordered a sumptuous dinner for himself, and Michael was a little surprised: "Eric, are you hungry?"

"A little bit. I've been working on a script recently, which has consumed too much energy."

"I see, I remembered that you are also a screenwriter, and your name was on the recent "Human Purge Plan"."

"You still have time to watch a movie?" Eric was a little surprised.

"People can't be tense forever. Just like a piano string will break if it is stretched for a long time. We all need to relax. I plan to watch "Finding Nemo" in two days. I like animated movies."

Eric nodded: "Although "Finding Nemo" and I are competitors, I still recommend watching it. This movie is indeed excellent."

"McKen, did you come to Los Angeles to compete in the charts?"

"Absolutely. It's actually a music interview. I've been doing similar things these days. It will help the sales of the single."

Chart-making is often used by newcomers and singers who are not famous enough in the music industry. Superstars like MJ usually don't need it, which is because the current situation is special.

"Is the CD officially released?"

"DreamWorks is ready and the release is scheduled for tomorrow."

Eric chuckled: "That's good, Facebook will be launched tomorrow. Then you can promote it yourself, and I will help you promote it."

"As for that guy Eminem, I'll give him a thumbs up. He'll never be able to use Facebook or any social network owned by MGM."

Maikou frowned slightly: "Is this good? Does it infringe on the right to free speech?"

"Freedom? You can't talk nonsense about freedom of speech. What he said and what he did is completely to teach the next generation. It is reasonable for me to ban him for this reason. If you are not convinced, just file a lawsuit? What's more, with that ruffian's Personality, I don’t believe he would choose to litigate.”

"That's right. Eminem will most likely write another song specifically to scold us." Maikou laughed.

"By the way, what's your ranking on the bulletin board now?"

"The Billboard rankings mainly consider sales. When sales start tomorrow, the results will be available in a week."