I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 878

[Chapter eight hundred and seventieth you are the devil]

Helena Christensen walked over to Eric with a glass of red wine and sat down, snuggled up naturally, and asked coquettishly, “Eric, how is my acting?”

Feeling the fragrance of a woman who was completely different from the girl beside her, Eric smiled and nodded: “Well, not bad.”

“It’s just not bad,” Helena Christensen seemed to be a little dissatisfied with this evaluation, and wanted to say something. She inadvertently noticed the evil smile on the girl’s white and tender face on the other side. She seemed to think of something, and she suddenly restrained her coquettishness. He also said to the girl with a slightly flattering tone: “Drew, when will you come to New York next time to play together?”

“Okay,” the girl nodded with a smile, her face was harmless, she yawned in a blink of an eye, rubbed against Eric and stretched her waist, and said, “Eric, I’m so sleepy, I’ll go back to sleep first. already.”

Eric could feel that Helena Christensen was a little terrified of the girl. Although she was a little curious, she didn’t care. She fondly supported the girl’s soft waist to get her up and said, “I can’t go now. , A lot of people haven’t said hello yet, you go back first.”

“Yeah,” the girl leaned over and pecked at the corner of Eric’s mouth again, glanced at Helena Christensen, and said with a smile, “I’m going back to Trousdale Manor, do you want it? I don’t care if you come here.”

“Oh, let’s go, I’ll be there later,” Eric patted the girl on the waist, watched her leave with the twins, and then asked Helena Christensen with a smile, “Drew has taken care of you? ”

After the girl left, Helena Christensen immediately relaxed again. Hearing Eric’s question, he remembered what happened at the metball charity dance at the beginning of the month, but shook his head and said, “No, we little women don’t dare to provoke Germany. What about Lu?”

“It seems to have been cleaned up,” Eric said with a smile, but didn’t ask any more questions. He believed that the girl still knew how to behave. Of course, even if some things were out of tune, it didn’t matter.

Glancing around, Eric changed the subject and asked, “Go away?”

Helena Christensen nodded helplessly, and said, “Yeah, I’m angry, just coax it tomorrow.”

Eric shook his head and said, “No need to coax, break up with him.”

“What?” Helena Christensen asked subconsciously, and her expression became a little aggrieved and resentful: “Eric, I think this should be my private matter?”

Eric has always thought it was very strange, why most of the fairies of the Wei Mi Legion will display this small appearance of resentment in front of him, is it negotiated?

I feel that this idea is a bit exaggerated, maybe all beautiful women are like this.

Abandoning this thought, Eric said: “Of course it’s your personal business, this is just my personal suggestion. Also, since you happen to be here today, help me spread the word in the Angel Legion.”

Helena Christensen failed to keep up with Eric’s sudden turn and wondered, “Rumour, what?”

“Oh, it is said that in the future, all supermodels who interact with Leon will be kicked out of the Victoria’s Secret Army, even five spokespersons will be no exception.”

Helena Christensen widened her opal-green eyes and stammered, “Is this, is this, a rumor?”

Eric nodded: “Yes, you can try it if you don’t believe it.”

“But, this,” Helena Christensen hesitated for a while, and suddenly became discouraged, her expression returned to a resentful look again, staring at him like an angry kitten, and said: “Okay, okay, Ari K, I’m breaking up with him tomorrow, and, help you spread, um, rumors. But you should tell me why?”

Eric said: “Just do as I say, women don’t ask so many whys.”

“It’s really macho,” Helena Christensen said, snuggling her body again, her expression returning to a charming look, and said: “Eric, you don’t want us all to be like the church. The saint who guards your body like a jade for you? That’s too much,

You are not God.

”

Eric felt that the girl’s soft body was almost on his body, and he reached out politely, stroking her delicately made-up face, and said, “You are wrong, I am your God, I never force others’ Faith, but if you give up this faith, you will be relegated to the earth, no longer angels.”

“Oh, Eric, you’re not a god, you’re a devil,” Eric’s fingertips seemed to have electricity released, Helena Christensen felt a little weak, barely murmured, and turned to the side. Head, opened his small mouth and held Eric’s finger in his mouth, showing his mouth full of small white teeth, and looked at him threateningly.

Eric fiddled with the soft little tongue a few times, then easily retracted his fingers, patted the girl’s waist, and said, “Let’s go, socialize with the guests with me, and dance with me later.”

The premiere of “Prison in the Air” was held on May 28, and the next day, “The Lion King 2” held a grand premiere at the same theater in tit for tat.

In this way, on May 30, “Prison in the Air” and “The Lion King 2” were officially released in major theaters in North America.

Since the major media in North America are closely watching the situation of the two films duel, many newspapers began to give comments on the two films on the day the film was released.

This time, though, things seem to be very unfavorable for Firefly.

According to preliminary statistics, the comprehensive evaluation score of “Prison in the Air” in the newspapers and the Internet is only barely reaching the passing line of 6 points. Roger Ehlers of Paramount Animation’s “The Lion King 2”, which has been honing his sword for three years, sure enough It did not disappoint many people. The initial film score was close to 9 points, which can be said to be rave reviews.

Moreover, the story of “The Lion King 2” is focused on the story experience of Simba after adulthood, this change is obviously more suitable for the appetite of a slightly older audience.

A long day passed. On the evening of May 30, although it was Friday, many senior executives of the company still gathered at the Paramount headquarters in Hollywood. Although Viacom’s chairman, Summer Redstone, remained calm, But the Paramount CEO Shirley Lansing sitting next to him and the “Lion King 2” director Roger Eiles on the other side were obviously not so calm.

Everyone casually discussed some recent trivial matters. The film has already been released. At this time, it is useless to struggle with anything. All they can wait for is the final box office result of “The Lion King 2”.

Although the Internet media and today’s evening news are almost all one-sided praise for “The Lion King 2”, but due to the early release and marketing efforts by Firefly and Fox, Paramount’s box office prospects for “The Lion King 2” Still full of doubts.

Lei Shidong is 74 years old this year. Although he is still very healthy, he seldom stays up late like today. His energy is inevitably a little weak. After drinking the cup of coffee in front of him, he gestures for the secretary to pour more coffee for himself. Lei Shidong lifts him up. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was exactly 12 o’clock, and it should be June 1 now.

Although he already had a rough idea, Lei Shidong couldn’t help but ask Shirley Lansing next to him again: “Sherry, when will the preliminary box office statistics come out?”

“Most theaters have their last screenings at around 11 midnight. At that time, some theaters have already started to count the box office. However, if you want to get the results, you have to wait at least until 1 o’clock in the morning.” Shirley Lansing explained, “Otherwise, Summer, you should go back to rest first, and I will call you when the results come out.”

“No, it doesn’t matter, I’m not old enough to walk,” Lei Shidong stubbornly shook his head and refused, remembering the recent encounter, a flash of anger flashed on his expression again, and said to the assistant sitting not far away: “Jack, is there a reply from Larry Tish?”

“Mr. Redstone, I called this afternoon and they said that Mr. Tish is currently in Europe and will be back in about a week.”

“Hmph, it’s not for sale yet,” Redstone muttered.

Larry Tish is the largest shareholder of the cbs television network. Over the years, the business situation of cbs has been very bad, and Larry Tish has always had the idea of selling the television network.

Larry Tish also had acquisition talks with Barry Diller-controlled QVC in the previous two years. The deal was almost negotiated at that time, but because Comcast behind Barry Diller was not optimistic about the deal, he cut off the deal. With financial support from Barry Diller, this almost-successful deal was unexpectedly yellowed.

Although in recent years, companies such as Blockbuster, Paramount Pictures, and Disney’s hand-drawn animation studio have been successively annexed non-stop, many Viacom shareholders hope that Redstone can suspend the pace of expansion. “The Lion King 2” was stimulated by the joint ban of Firefly and Fox in marketing. Redstone finally made up his mind and made an acquisition to CBS TV again to make up for Viacom’s shortcomings in media marketing channels.

However, due to the rise of the wave of new technology in recent years, together with the TV industry, the initiative of this acquisition has fallen to cbs.

After Viacom expressed its acquisition intention, Larry Tish, who had been eager to get rid of CBS, took hold this time.

The time in the middle of the night always seemed a little long, and the time moved slowly every minute and second, as if a long time had passed, and finally it was one o’clock in the morning.

The fax machine placed next to the meeting suddenly made a clicking sound. Everyone was shocked and looked over with anticipation and anxiety.

Brian Barclay, the president of Paramount’s distribution department, was sitting next to the fax machine. Seeing that the three of Redstone didn’t move, he got up, took out the data form he had just faxed over, and looked at the paper.

Unsurprisingly, “The Lion King 2” took the number one spot at the box office.

$12.8 million.

When Brian Barclay saw this number, his mind began to calculate quickly.

According to the usual three-day box office trend on weekends, 12.8 million on the first day, the box office will rise once on Saturday and fall again on Sunday.

To sum up, according to the box office data on the first day, the box office of “The Lion King 2” in the first three days of the first weekend should be able to reach about 40 million US dollars.

Before he had time to think further, Redstone’s light cough came from Brian Barclay’s ear: “Hey, Brian, what’s the result?”

Brian Barclay suddenly woke up, seeing that everyone in the meeting was looking at him, he quickly smiled, and said, “Very good, $12.8 million on the first day, according to this trend, the box office in the first weekend should be close to 40 million. Dollar.”

Brian Barclay said, and handed the box office data to the three of Redstone.

Redstone couldn’t wait to look at the fax paper, and Shirley Lansing and Roger Ehlers on both sides also came over.

Now that they have heard the numbers reported by Brian Barrek, the three of them looked down almost together, looking for the first-day box office numbers of “Prison in the Air”, and noticed the result at a glance, 7.7 million US dollars.

Shirley Lansing murmured: “7.7 million on the first day, up to $25 million on the first weekend, we won.”

Although the other company executives present could not see the data, they obviously all knew that the second set of numbers mentioned by Shirley Lansing referred to that movie, and they all whispered excitedly.

Roger Ehlers didn’t pay much attention to the box office of “Prison in the Air”. In fact, many people know that the two films with completely different themes are not much comparable.

Roger Ehlers is more concerned about the box office comparison between “The Lion King 2” and “The Lion King” first.

The box office forecast of 40 million in the first weekend of three days is a full $10 million lower than the box office of more than $49 million in the first three days of the first weekend. This result is obviously very disappointing.

Redstone listened to Shirley Lansing and explained in a low voice the various possible future box office trends of “The Lion King 2” based on the first day’s situation. His expression was very satisfied, and he noticed that Roger Ehlers was disappointed. With an expression on his face, he reached out and patted his shoulder and said, “Roger, don’t do this, you’ve done a great job. Everyone knows that the reason why “The Lion King 2” is lower than the first one is not you. The film produced is not good enough. If we can have enough publicity resources, the box office of “The Lion King 2″ will definitely be able to reach or even exceed the results of the first film.”

“Yeah, Roger,” Shirley Lansing said, “and, according to the word of mouth of The Lion King 2, it’s not impossible for the film to reverse the decline in the second week, and no one stipulates that only Firefly can make it. A movie like ‘Titanic’ comes out.”

Shirley Lansing’s words came out. Although many people immediately thought of “Godzilla”, which will be released next week, under the high-density marketing bombardment of Sony Pictures, almost no one would doubt that “Godzilla” will become a popular movie. Ministry Box Office ‘Monster’.

But obviously, no one will say anything that is disappointing at this time.

Looking at the $7.7 million box office of “Prison in the Air” on its first day, many people feel that, at least, if it is hit next week, “Prison in the Sky”, which has a similar audience to “Godzilla”, will obviously be even more miserable.

(To be continued.)

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[End of this Chapter]