John woke up in disbelief to know that he had broken the midnight record, or that he had downplayed the American interest in the public good, but it was a good thing to break the record, or at least to prove that history can be changed.

"By the way, we've been talking about the box office, what about the word-of-mouth of the movie?"

John asked, putting down his glass, looking at his aunt, Devin Morgan.

It's not his habit to drink early in the morning, but breaking the midnight record today is something to celebrate, so he also made an exception to drink a glass of Don Pérignon, the elegant taste, the delicate foam is easy to delight.

According to the report of the research company, among the 11,000 questionnaires collected, the rating rate of A+ was 90%, and the score rate of C or less was less than 1%. Devin Morgan's words were filled with joy and pride.

If the audience's word-of-mouth is also recorded, such a high word-of-mouth as "Forrest Gump" can completely break a record, and a double record-breaking move at the box office and word-of-mouth will be made.

"Not bad. John breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and said that it was the first time to make such a difficult film and said that he was not worried about being fake.

Although John is very familiar with "Forrest Gump" and has watched it more than a dozen times in his previous life, familiarity and production are two different things, and movies are not articles and poems, as long as you remember the content, you can write it.

Movies are both an art and a technology, and watching it a hundred times can only give you an idea of the story, but the content won't tell you how to dispatch 5,000 people to shoot it, and how to use the camera to express the lens language, so if you want to make it, you need personal skills.

Otherwise, those that have been changed to movies and TV will not have so many people complaining.

So knowing the content and making the content are two different things.

Many people have seen Venus with a broken arm, but how many people can copy it?

"With such a high reputation among the audience, the box office in the later period will definitely be very strong. Nancy, who sat diagonally across from John, gave her opinion.

Movies with a good reputation generally have a good box office, and although the word-of-mouth effect is slow, it is very effective.

"I wonder how much the final box office of this film will fall, will it surpass "Jurassic Park" to sit on the top spot at the global box office?" Darren Morgan took over, his eyes shining with excitement.

John was also a little moved when he heard his words, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a director who doesn't want to sit at the top of the box office list is not a good director.

But having said that, John actually knows very well in his heart that it is too difficult to surpass "Jurassic Park", the box office of "Jurassic Park" is as high as more than 900 million US dollars, and even if it is exceeded, it is useless, three years later, the truck driver will sweep everything with his big ship, John does not think that he can break the box office of 1.8 billion, and the box office of the truck driver can only be broken by the truck driver himself.

"It's difficult to surpass Jurassic Park, but seven or eight billion dollars can be taught. John felt that "Forrest Gump" could surpass his previous life, and the box office was seven or eight billion US dollars, so he was very content.

"No, we must surpass Jurassic Park, my grandfather said that no one can remember the second, only the first. Ariana, who was sitting next to John, suddenly said something very serious.

"Yes, if you want to do it, you have to be the first, isn't "Jurassic Park" more than 900 million US dollars! "Forrest Gump" will be much worse at the box office at that time, and I will make up for it. "Darren Morgan vowed to push John's film to the top of the box office charts.

"Don't, don't. John hurriedly spoke out to get Darren Morgan to dispel the act of paying out of his own pocket: "I want real data, and we can't do this kind of thing out of our own pocket." ”

"You don't pay for it, but someone has already paid for you. "Devin Morgan threw a copy of the New York Times to John.

"Estee Lauder's heir: Aryan Lauder was generous, and last night he packed 100 performances of "Forrest Gump". ”

Increasing the bold headline, it is difficult for John to get the newspaper without paying attention.

The heir of Estee Lauder is very generous, and he has a hundred movies in a row, and he has more than 400,000 yuan as soon as he makes a shot.

Such a high-roller John hopes to have more, and it is best to have a dozen, so that the box office of "Forrest Gump" will be high.

After reading the newspaper and eating almost breakfast, everyone started their day's work, although "Forrest Gump" won the box office record in the afternoon and night show, but this war has just begun, and there is still a lot of important work to be done, and they cannot afford to slack off a little, and they must go all out.

Devin Morgan, as the president of the new line, is mainly responsible for the overall command.

Darren Morgan, as a deputy, is mainly responsible for docking with the theater chain.

Nancy is mainly responsible for publicity, and many of the actors in "Forrest Gump" are ICM stars, so she has to take these stars to all over North America to promote during this time.

As for John, who is mainly responsible for some later affairs of the production team, of course, he has to deal with the soundtrack of Cameron's movies before that.

So after breakfast, he and Dani drove towards Twentieth Century Fox.

And when he went to Twentieth Century Fox while listening to music and feeling comfortable, the whole Hollywood was in shock, and no one thought that "Forrest Gump" would actually break the box office record at midnight.

Even John's nemesis, Michael Ovitz, was rarely angry when he saw this number, but sat quietly in his office in a daze.

If "Forrest Gump" is only a little more than "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Vulgar", then he may be furious, but this is 17.62 million, it is a gap, a huge gap, and a kind of despair, so desperate that it is no longer necessary to even get angry.

"Am I really unable to defeat you?"

Michael Ovitz muttered to himself with the box office stats sheet.

"No, this is just the beginning, it's not over yet. ”

"What about winning the midnight box office, the important thing is the total box office. ”

"Even if I lose to you at the total box office, I still have an awards season. ”

"I didn't lose, I still have a chance. ”

Michael Ovitz clenched his fists and crumpled the data sheet into a ball.

He is the all-powerful Michael Ovitz, the man who stands at the top of the Hollywood pyramid, and he will not admit defeat to a small director.

"Xavi, I think we need to get more out of the word. ”

Michael Ovitz called Harvey Weinstein to discuss what to do. It was never his character to sit back and wait.

"Since John can play the charity card, so can we, didn't he donate all the income from Forrest Gump? ”

"Michael, you and I can't do this, you need to ask the boss. Harvey Weinstein felt that Michael Ovitz was crazy and had been ruled by hatred, and the two films "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Vulgar" cost $100 million to produce and distribute.

How much money does CAA make a year? How much money does Miramax make a year?

Playing a game with $100 million, not to mention that CAA and Miramax can't afford to play this kind of thing, even the Big Seven can't afford to play.

"It's okay, I'll make this call. ”

Michael Ovitz is no longer able to think rationally. In order to defeat John, he did not hesitate to pay any price, not to mention that the current CAA is no longer his.