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"Thank you, Mr. Rex Reid, for the compliment. ”

In front of the sales section near the lobby of a Universal Studios theater, Matthew is holding a Mozius figure in his left hand and a Mozius doll in his right hand, answering a question from an NBC TV reporter, who asked about Rex Reid's kissing on the ass of a donkey yesterday, and he answered exactly according to the answer formulated by the crew in advance, "As a famous film critic, Mr. Rex Reed can do what he says, and I also admire him." ”

The hype of the donkey's ass kissing incident did not end with Rex Reed kissing the ass of the donkey, which caused an uproar among the media and fans, and basically no one thought that Rex Reed would really kiss the ass of the donkey given to him by Matthew, this unexpected behavior has almost become a social hotspot in the United States.

How could the crew and Universal Pictures give up this kind of hot news? But they also know that this matter has been fermenting for nearly ten days, and if the same hype continues, the people who eat melons may get tired of it, and while continuing to promote the matter, they will push the plan in another direction.

Matthew, who is the most acclaimed in the film "Scorpion King", and Rex Reed, who does what he says, sympathize with each other, and the two people who were originally-for-tat gradually turned into mutual appreciation, bringing new highlights to the people who watch the lively melon eaters.

Of course, this time will not be long, at most it will last until next weekend.

Matthew has no problem with this, he doesn't know who Rex Reed is at all, and he doesn't care who he is, anyway, such publicity is good for increasing the box office of the film and increasing his popularity.

Then again, looking at the whole of North America, there are very few film critics who can accurately remember his fame, like Roger Albert alone.

When he used to live on the other side of the Pacific, Matthew had seen the name on his smartphone, as if Roger Albert was the face of professional film critics in the United States.

Matthew said a few more kind words about Rex Reid into the NBC reporter's microphone and the camera lens behind him, and the interview ended.

Subsequently, the signing event officially began, and Matthew sat in front of the sales area and signed the dolls and figures handed over by the fans.

This is the first time he has officially held a book signing, and since he only received a temporary notice from Universal Pictures yesterday afternoon, he has not made too many preparations for this.

A figure of Mozius was handed to Matthew, who signed his name on the back of the figure and returned it to its owner with a smile.

It was a girl with short maroon hair, and she saw Matthew's smile and said, "Matthew Horner, you're so handsome!"

"Thank you!" Matthew looked very accommodating.

Then a boy walked over, waited for Matthew to sign the name of the doll in his hand, and asked, "Matthew, how can you have such a good figure?"

Matthew replied seriously, "A lot of exercise for a long time. ”

The boy's face drooped, "Is there an easier way?"

"Nope. Matthew shook his head, "As far as I know, there's no easy way. ”

The boy left a little disappointed, and then a girl of fifteen or sixteen came over, and Matthew signed it, and she suddenly made a request.

"Matthew, I'm your movie fan, I've liked you since the last "The Mummy Returns". She boldly asked, "I-...... Can I touch the muscles in your chest?"

Glancing at this female fan, Matthew didn't know what to say, and paused for two seconds before saying, "I'm sorry." ”

Immediately, a staff member came over and politely asked the female fan not to delay the people behind.

All Sunday morning, Matthew was busy cooperating with Universal's merchandise promotion, although the autograph was only more than two hours, but the enthusiasm of the fans was a bit beyond imagination, he roughly estimated that more than two hours to sign out at least 400 figurines or dolls.

This speed is not fast, it is a little slower than Universal Pictures expected, the main reason is that Matthew will basically have a simple exchange with fans who come to ask for autographs, even if he doesn't speak, he will look up and smile at each other, instead of keeping his head down and signing autographs, without even looking at the fans.

He knows very well that he has just become famous, and these people who are willing to queue up for autographs should be fans who like him or the actor more, plus they are all teenagers and twenties, a smile and a greeting may make them his die-hard fans.

Without the support of the audience, where would the movie stars come from?

Matthew's mentality adjustment is quite good, and he won't become famous, so he will be crazy and cool, thinking that he is amazing.

He has been in this circle for three years, and he is more mature than when he first came here.

At the end of the morning promotional activities, Matthew left the theater, got into the nanny car that the crew picked him up, and prepared to return to Burbank, before leaving, he specially asked the crew assistant in the co-pilot to buy a bunch of newspapers and come back.

At the time of the event, he learned from the crew that "The Scorpion King" has not been affected by negative word-of-mouth for the time being, and the heat bonus effect of publicity and marketing is still obvious, and the box office on Saturday increased by 13% compared with Friday, reporting $15.5 million, and the box office in the two days of release has approached the $30 million mark.

From Matthew to every staff member of the crew, they were in a good mood.

Especially Matthew, he knows very well that when the box office comes out tomorrow's first weekend, he, an ordinary actor who can occasionally be seen in the newspapers before, will become a real star!

A third-rate Hollywood star, that is also a star-level actor.

On the way home, Matthew opened the newspaper and read it, after three years of continuous reading practice, he no longer has any obstacles in reading, let alone easy-to-understand newspapers, even some more specialized English books, it is no longer difficult to understand.

The entertainment page of the newspaper is full of news about "The Scorpion King", which mentions him as the leading actor a lot of times, and more and more newspapers believe that "The Scorpion King" is a great success, and his excellent performance is one of the important reasons.

"It is with Matthew Horner's near-perfect body and swift and powerful skills that "The Scorpion King" has the desire to make people watch it. ”

There are also newspapers that say: If it weren't for Matthew Horner, the film would be hopelessly rotten.

Even, some fans said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times: Once the film moves away from Matthew Horner, I go to chat with my friends, and when the camera returns to him, I will go to watch the movie again......

Matthew doesn't know if there is a public relations crew in it, he and Helen Herman have done nothing anyway, and as one of the three largest newspapers in the United States, the Los Angeles Times will not be easily influenced by a small Hollywood crew.

In addition, the entertainment pages of many newspapers also focused on the fact that Rex Reid kissed the ass of the donkey last night.

Sitting in the car, Matthew thought about it and felt that this hype and publicity and marketing method was a stroke of genius, and from the analysis of the current situation, it seemed that all aspects had gained huge benefits.

The first is the party Rex Reed, according to Helen Herman, what film critics like Rex Reed want is money and fame, Universal Pictures invited him, and it is estimated that it cost a lot of money, and in terms of fame, the recent continuous reports have made Rex Reed truly famous in the United States.

For Universal, the first-week box office of "The Scorpion King" greatly exceeded expectations, and they exceeded their initial goal.

In terms of TV stations, NBC's talk show has just been launched for a short time, and after this special interview, it instantly became famous in the United States.

As for him, it goes without saying much, whether it is the box office success of the film or the exchange with Rex Reed, it has greatly increased his popularity.

The one who benefited the most was of course "The Scorpion King".

Back home, Matthew receives a notice from Helen Herman to stop making remarks against Rex Reed for the time being, and the crew is planning a reconciliation between the two.

He responded in one bite, if there is no profit to be made, where is the leisure to spray people?

But then again, Matthew feels that the actor he chose seems to be naturally on the opposite side of professional film critics, his biggest advantage is his body and movement, and most film critics disdain it; he and Helen Herman are positioned in the action type role, film critics definitely don't like it; and the clever acting skills and in-depth roles or movies that film critics admire, I'm afraid he won't touch for a long time in the future.

Think about what those film critics think of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis?

Fortunately, you don't have to care too much about them, after all, these critics sprayed hard enough, and it didn't affect Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis to become top Hollywood superstars.

Matthew estimates that maybe one day next week, Universal Pictures will let him meet with Rex Reed, and then make one last hype, and it is estimated that the last residual value of the kissing the donkey incident will be almost squeezed out.

News is time-sensitive, and two weeks will be almost cooled.

Before going to bed at night, Matthew called Britney's phone again, but no one answered, he sent a text message, and he couldn't wait for a reply, so he was ready to rest early, there were still a bunch of things waiting for him tomorrow.

In his sleep, he dreamed that "The Scorpion King" was a box office hit, earning $100 million in the first week in North America and more than $1 billion at the global box office, and he became a Hollywood superstar, more famous and more than Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis combined......

When he woke up on Monday morning, Matthew remembered the dream, so he went to find out about the first-week box office of "The Scorpion King" for the first time.