"Whew......"

Northwest suburbs of Los Angeles.

Universal Studios Hollywood South.

In front of the movie theater, a reporter leaning on his car with a single-lens reflex lens on his chest yawned boredly.

Then.

A guy next to him who was dressed like him, also with a video camera, and a backpack on his back, came over.

"Hi! Friend, I'm from Hollywood Entertainment Weekly, which newspaper are you from?"

"Hmm? I'm from the Hollywood Observer. Hello, sir. ”

"Hello. My name is David, I'm so bored waiting here, can I talk?"

"Of course. My name is Jack. Mr. Observer Daily. ”

"Haha! Hello Mr. Weekly!"

“……”

The two self-acquainted reporters chatted boringly all of a sudden. After all, on a big night like this, the best thing to do is to go to the bar and watch a Super Bowl replay or a Los Angeles Rams game, that's what life is like for Angelenos.

And not like it is now.

Boring and boring to work here.

"Hey...... There are 15 minutes left. Jack, a reporter for Los Angeles Entertainment Weekly, said boredly to his new acquaintance.

"Uh-huh!" his new friend, David of the Hollywood Observer, shrugged, "just an ordinary movie premiere, and with Julia Roberts' beautiful big mouth, how good can such a low-budget movie be at the box office......?" I don't think there's any need for an interview. ”

"I feel the same way. Jack shook his head.

Pity......

The two looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.

It's a pity that the newspaper collects money!

Before it was released, I didn't know that the box office would explode to that extent [Pretty Woman], this kind of movie with an investment of 10 million or 20 million US dollars, there are many movies in Hollywood every year.

There is no shortage of investors in Hollywood who invest with a little money and dream of making a fortune.

Although in the history of Hollywood, there is no shortage of examples of low investment and amazing box office gains. But among the 100 low-budget movies, none of them have more than 5 times the box office returns.

This kind of investment is no different from gambling.

And this kind of low-cost small-scale investment film, since the cost is low, it will not be able to invite big-name stars and big-name directors. Without big-name stars and big-name directors, the paparazzi and the media who rely on big-name stars and big-name directors for food will not come.

The film and crew will have no exposure, and without exposure, it will be difficult to promote the movie.

So what to do?

The general practice is to take a part of the publicity funds as a reward for the media and newspapers, and invite them to come and interview.

It's similar to the water army on the network in the future, so the water army is not exclusive to the network.

Of course.

Gold always shines.

As long as the quality of the film is there, there are often cases of more than ten times the profit of works with tens of millions of investments.

Now the media and reporters who come to the premiere of "Pretty Woman" are 30% for Julia Roberts. What is this female star saying at the moment, she is also a second-tier female star with excellent audience popularity. The remaining 30% are the kind of small newspapers that can't report the more explosive news, so they have to find this kind of news that no one has reported in the corners.

and the remaining 40%, either for other stars or directors, or simply for money.

Anyway, this is also included in the cost of publicity and distribution, and it is also the cost and investment of the movie.

Finally.

The red carpet of the premiere began, although it was very unconventional, but there should be red carpet and lights, there are still there.

The reporters who had been invited and the reporters who had come themselves, rushed down the red carpet and began to take some photos so that they could return to their offices to give an explanation.

There are often only two orders for walking the red carpet. One is the finale first, where the director and the hero and heroine appear first. On the other hand, unimportant supporting roles appear first, and finally the finale of the appearance of the director and the hero and heroine.

Today, the crew of [Pretty Woman] obviously chose the latter. Because all the supporting characters who appeared in the front were the supporting characters in the movie.

Starting with Richard Gere, a third-tier Hollywood actor who plays the male lead and has a certain amount of fame, various supporting roles have been shown on the red carpet, from Ralph Bellamy, Jason Alexander, Laura Sangiacomo to Eleanor Donayo and Hector Erizondu.

It's all there.

Obviously, there were not many reporters to shoot, obviously only the leading actor and the important supporting actor Ralph Bellamy, who was a little famous, were interviewed by reporters, but the other actors still smiled and walked their red carpet to get some better photos taken by reporters.

So that they can get as much exposure as possible, so that their salary can be slightly higher.

It looks like a big star in every move, and their smiles are so bright.

Although most of them, when interviewed, will only get one or two questions at most.

There isn't much exposure at all.

And in fact, unless these actors can find a chance to become famous overnight.

Otherwise, they will just be the dust of history, the kind that goes through the motions in the cast of the movie.

The sorrow of Hollywood's bottom.

And who knows?

But there must be something hateful about the poor people, and the sad Hollywood bottom, of course, has their hate.

It's just that it has nothing to do with those media reporters.

David of Hollywood Entertainment Weekly and Jack of the Hollywood Observer do their jobs as if they were on errands.

Except for the actor Richard Gere, when he appeared, they went up to ask a few questions and took a few photos, and the other supporting characters didn't even bother to move.

"Whew......"

After taking the photo, David, who was sorting out his own photos, boredomly checked the SLR camera, and couldn't help but yawn a lot.

"Why hasn't Julia shown up yet? After taking her pictures and interviewing her, it's time to get off work. He couldn't help but say to his new friend.

In this movie, her salary is the highest, and she is the finale. I will definitely appear at the latest, and I will probably come with the director of the movie. ”

"Jack. I'm afraid you're wrong!" David said suddenly, gesturing to Gary Marshall, the lone director who got out of the car in the distance, "He's alone." ”

"Huh, isn't that Roberts playing a big name and not coming? This is the premiere of her movie!"

"That's not right...... There's a car in the back!"

“……”

While the two were talking.

Director Gary Marshall has already walked the red carpet and walked towards the reporters with a smile on his face.

Behind the director.

A red Cadillac slowly stopped, leaning against the starting point of the red carpet. Then, halfway through Gary Marshall's red carpet, a tall, burly Caucasian man stepped down from the driver's seat of the Cadillac and came to the rear to open the door for the guests in the back compartment.

Then, Julia Roberts, who David and Jack had been waiting for, finally stepped out of the car in an elegant gown and long dress.

"Oh!

"Let's go! After taking pictures, you can go back!

Almost more than 80 percent of the reporters present flocked to the scene.

And right now.

The reporters saw that in the back compartment on the other side, a tall man with a height of at least 1.9 meters stepped down, walked to Julia Roberts, who got off the car, and stretched out his hand with a smile, while the young, beautiful and energetic big-mouthed beauty, with a bright smile on her face that even the reporters were jealous of, stepped up and held his arm.

David, who was taking pictures, couldn't help but scold:

"FXXK?Who is this guy?Why is he so good-looking?!"

The man in front of the camera is undoubtedly a peerless beautiful man, with angular lips, a perfect V-shaped face, a thin and cold face, and a calm and confident expression, which can easily stimulate the female bird's sense of dependence.

Ms. Roberts, who has always been very self-reliant in Hollywood, is not self-reliant at all now, although it is said that she is holding the man's hand, but from the perspective of the reporters, she is completely relying on the other party's body, okay?

It's more dependent on a boyfriend than a woman in love.

This handsome man is better than ......

Who is this?

Friends from the media reporters who were not present had this question mark in their minds.