In the early hours of the morning, Beverly Hills was very quiet, and John in Purple Star Manor sat on the sofa in the living room drinking strong tea, accompanied by Davin Morgan and Nancy, and the three of them did not sleep at night to wait for the box office statistics of "Independence Day" at midnight.

"Boss, what are you going to take to Amazon's charity auction?"

Nancy took advantage of the moment to chat with John about the Amazon charity auction.

Amazon was launched in October, and on the opening day, celebrities will be invited to take out some personal items for auction, and all the proceeds will be donated to UNICEF.

"I'm going to auction off the alien spacecraft from Independence Day. "John had two one-to-one alien spaceships made during the filming of Independence Day, and the two models were thrown into the warehouse after the filming, so John was going to use them.

"The alien spaceship is bigger than a car, will anyone buy it?" Nancy thought that no one would buy it, and no one would be able to get into the garage if they bought it.

"Nobody buys it, I'll buy it myself when the time comes. John shrugged, and anyway, he didn't rule that he couldn't buy his own lots.

"Ding, ding, ding......!"

As soon as John's voice fell, the phone rang on the side, and Devin Morgan reached out to pick up the phone, and it was a supervisor of the new line who was in charge of liaising with the theater line.

"Is the box office count coming out at midnight?"

"Yes, President. ”

"How much?"

"Okay, I see, hard work. ”

Devon Morgan hung up the phone and smiled at John and Nancy, who were looking at her.

"$10.75 million, we broke the record. ”

The last midnight box office record was $7.65 million for "Batman Returns," and now this record has been broken by "Independence Day" and even exceeded $3.1 million.

"Great!"

Nancy patted her legs excitedly and said, "According to this result, there will be at least 25 million box office tomorrow, or even more than 30 million, if it exceeds 30 million, we may break the box office record of the first week of "Jurassic Park". ”

Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" was the first-week box office record holder, and the weekly box office charts in North America only recorded three days of weekends, while "Jurassic Park" grossed a whopping $81.7 million over three weekends.

"It shouldn't be a problem, there are no strong competitors to Independence Day these three days. Devon Morgan thought about it.

At this time, the only movie that qualifies as the opponent of "Independence Day" is "Batman Returns", but this movie has been in theaters for 2 weeks, so there is not much pressure on "Independence Day".

"How's the word of mouth?"

Compared with the midnight box office, John pays more attention to the audience's reputation, and the audience who watches the midnight show is a science fiction enthusiast, or a star effect, these people are a minority after all, if you want to achieve a high box office, you can't rely on these people alone, you mainly have to rely on ordinary audiences, and a good reputation is a factor to ensure that ordinary audiences buy it, and ensure that the film will not go high and low.

"Of the 1,000 questionnaires, 77 percent gave an A, 19 percent a B, and 5 percent a C. Good reputation. ”

After Devon Morgan finished speaking, John nodded, he was very satisfied with this word-of-mouth data, although the box office of "Independence Day" in his previous life was high, but the word-of-mouth was average, and most people felt that the plot of the movie was too simple.

Therefore, John enriched the plot when he wrote the script, adding two war scenes between ground-based missiles and aircraft carrier battle groups, especially the war between aircraft carrier battle groups and alien spaceships, sea-to-air, air-to-air, that is called a fierce one, and it is strange not to watch the blood boiling.

No, Kyle, who lives in New York, came home from watching "Independence Day" and excitedly called his friend on his landline, and described how cool and explosive "Independence Day" was on the phone, regardless of how sleepy his friend on the other side was.

San Francisco's Simpson is the same, after watching "Independence Day", he picked his brother out of bed when he got home, excitedly described the plot, and finally took a beating before he became honest. The reason why the old brother beat him was not that he woke himself up, but that he actually ran to the movies alone and didn't call himself.

North America was destined for a night of excitement. Fans who watched "Independence Day" should have sleeplessness.

Just as sleepless as movie fans are the vast number of media professionals and film critics, who are a swarm of worker bees that work at night.

As for John, after listening to the box office figures for "Independence Day", he got up and went to his bedroom to rest, and he still has work tomorrow, and he needs to be in a state full of energy.

The next day, when the sun rose in the east and shone on the floor of his bedroom, John woke up from his dream, rubbed his eyes in a daze, got out of bed, took a shower, brushed his teeth, and changed into a comfortable casual suit, and then yawned and walked into the dining room.

"Get up!"

"Well, aunt is early!"

John greeted Devon Morgan as he pulled out his chair and sat down.

Today's breakfast was rich, half of the table was piled up, John took a plate with some smoked sausages, grilled salmon and vegetable salad, and poured himself a glass of warm goat's milk, and just as he was about to feast, Devin Morgan threw the Chicago Sun-Sun in his hand.

"You see, these film critics are not collectively having a convulsion. ”

John picked up the newspaper and found a report about Independence Day, the Chicago Sun-Times is one of the major media in the United States, with many readers, and the resident film critic of the film review column is the famous Roger Ebert.

"Director John Chris Deng is depraved, he sells his soul to money, he doesn't think about art and beauty, he only cares about the dollars in the audience's pocket, he replaces thinking with noise and explosions, he replaces art with chaos and abuse, he destroys not only himself, but also the audience's impression of beauty, which is the saddest thing in this era. ”

Roger Ebert didn't attack Independence Day, but he gave a thumbs up.

After John finished reading, he threw the Chicago Sun-Times on the table, picked up the New Yorker, and continued to look at it.

"John Chris Deng fell under the offensive of money, and since then Hollywood has lost one master of art and one more opportunist. ”

The New Yorker's reviews were less than those of the Chicago Sun.

"Congratulations to director John Chris Deng for his successful fall, a rising star of art, who has fallen into the pile of money. —Los Angeles Times

"It is a blessing for me to witness a master artist become a market-pleaser, but it is also a misfortune of our time. - "Rolling Stone"

"Independence Day will be an indelible stain on John Crisdon's life. —Chicago Tribune

"Filming Independence Day was one of the stupidest things John Chris Deng ever did in his life. —USA Today

"It is recommended that director John Chris Deng put down his work and go to the hospital to see if his head is floating after winning the Academy Award. - "Village Voices"

All the film critics in the United States have overwhelmingly used all kinds of vicious words to attack John personally.

The reason why they are so disregarding their identities and working together so much is entirely because John betrayed them.

As the youngest director to win an Academy Award and the creator of the $6.533 billion global box office, critics across the country have envisioned a future for John, who will become a master of cinema and a beacon of his time, just like Fellini, Luc Godard, Ingmar Bergman, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and Michelangelo Antonioni.

But now, instead of going according to the future that these people envisioned, John is going to business, just like the chaste martyr who has always been optimistic about suddenly becoming a slut, which is really hard to accept.

So the national critics have listed John as a traitor, a villain who flatters money, and they vow to wake him up and move him back to the way he came.

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