Chapter 68: The Storm Comes
The box office momentum is very good now, if Harvey can reach an agreement with the three major theaters and release it in full next week.
In the end, when the movie goes offline, there should be a very good total box office.
Maybe it can set more records, and even surpass "Ghost Love" and become the box office champion of the year.
The situation is very good, which makes Tang Feng's mood a lot higher, and he is full of optimistic estimates for the future.
He was in a good mood, and at the instigation of Cooper, he closed the door and had two drinks with him.
Although this is not in accordance with the rules, he is about to go to sleep after drinking, and he is not worried about any trouble.
As Cooper said, rules are meant to be broken, but taboos can't restrain those who dare to taste the forbidden fruit......
In a daze, Tang Feng smirked twice, then fell down on the sofa and fell asleep.
Maybe he was too tired during this time, so he slept until the afternoon of the next day, and if he hadn't been woken up by the security guard downstairs, he might have been able to sleep until night.
After this period of getting along, Tang Feng has become very familiar with the security guards, and has become their most popular boss, even Sanchez, who was not interested in him at first, got along well with him.
Therefore, he dared to secretly drink a little wine in the middle of the night, and he could fall asleep defenselessly without worrying about safety.
"What's wrong Sanchez, what's the matter with waking me up in such a hurry?"
Tang Feng shook his head, which was still a little wooden, looked at Sanchez, who was full of anxiety, and asked strangely.
Seeing that he had finally woken up, Sanchez hurriedly said, "Sean, don't you know anything?"
Tang Feng was stunned, "What do you know? What happened to make you so anxious?"
Sanchez: "It looks like you really don't know anything, you wait a minute, I'll go get you something!"
After saying that, Sanchez turned around and walked out, and after a while, he returned to the office with a stack of newspapers, "Sean, this is all I collected at the door of the movie theater!"
"Well, the top one is the notice I just received, sent by the court, I thought you weren't there and I took it for you. ”
"It's all newspapers slandering you, and if I hadn't taken my girlfriend to your movie this morning, I wouldn't believe this would have happened!"
As he was talking, he heard a "bang", William vigorously pushed open the door of the office, holding a bunch of colorful newspapers in his hand, and shouted when he saw that Tang Feng couldn't even sweat and wiped it: "Sean, it's not good!"
"Before noon, a group of people appeared in front of the movie theater in Santa Monica, and they were distributing these newspapers everywhere, and they were all written slandering you!"
"Not only did they distribute these newspapers to the outside audience, but they also tricked the audience in line not to watch your movie, and by the time I left, many people had already been dissuaded!"
"I turned off your phone calls to Cooper, and no one answered the landline in the office, so I had no choice but to rush back to you first. ”
"Hurry up and get an idea, let them make trouble again, I'm afraid no one will watch our movie!"
This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, and it immediately made Tang Feng dizzy, "Calm down!
While comforting himself, he pondered in his heart: "The phone in the office suddenly couldn't get through yesterday afternoon, and I used a mobile phone to contact Harvey later. ”
"My phone calls with Cooper were out of battery and we kept charging before we went to bed, so it's no wonder they couldn't reach me. ”
"But why does a good phone call suddenly fail?"
"Does it have anything to do with this? Is it all premeditated?"
"It seems that I was too careless and underestimated the shamelessness of Julia and Anthony, they could really do such a thing!"
Tang Feng thought about this in his heart, picked up the newspaper on the table again, and read it seriously.
But he didn't seem to have read enough of the newspaper until he had read the whole page, and even picked up another one.
After a while, he put down the newspaper in his hand, and then quickly flipped through the rest of the newspaper one by one.
William was so anxious that he snatched the newspaper from his hand and said angrily: "When is it, you still have the heart to read these bullshit newspapers?"
"Hurry up and think of a way, if you don't stop them, they will ruin you!"
Tang Feng picked up another newspaper, and while quickly flipping through the newspaper, he asked casually: "William, listening to your tone, it seems that you know who is making trouble behind your back?"
William said angrily, "Who else! It must be Julia and his damn cousin Anthony!"
"Don't you see that this is almost the same as the last time the company was under siege?"
"It's all about using these junk newspapers to slander you and ruin your image in the public mind!"
Listening to his words, Tang Feng finally stopped what he was doing and said, "You are right, I think so too, but the question is do you find evidence?"
William was stunned for a moment, "Yes, if there is no evidence, how can we deal with them?"
"I, I'm going to go to them! I'm going to ask them what they want to do!"
Tang Feng grabbed William, who turned around to leave, "Don't go, I've already found evidence!"
William looked at the newspaper in his hand and asked with a puzzled face, "Are these newspapers you talking about?"
Tang Feng smiled slightly, and then explained confidently: "That person's name is Anthony, right? Hasn't he been demoted by the paparazzi?"
"If that's the case, what right does he have to change the distribution plan of that newspaper and force it out?"
As he spoke, he slammed the newspaper in his hand on the table, "Look, these newspapers don't have regular issue numbers, they are all printed by him privately!"
"Otherwise, he wouldn't have just walked around these rumors in front of the theater, and the normal release alone would have dealt a bigger blow to me!"
When William heard this, he immediately took a newspaper and looked through it for a while before he said in an affirmative tone: "You are right! These newspapers are indeed not regular publications!"
Then he asked urgently, "But don't we have to do anything?"
"Of course not!"
"Last time we couldn't do anything, but this time he's already breaking the law!"
"I'll call the police right now!"
"This time, I'm going to fight him so that he can't turn over!
Tang Feng's tone was very resolute, even a little cruel, although he didn't want to cause trouble, but he would never allow others to challenge his bottom line again and again!
With that, he picked up the phone, but as soon as he raised his hand, he put the phone down again.
"Sanchez, you take someone to check it out to see if the phone line has been vandalized, and if you find it, help me maintain the scene and wait for the police to come." ”
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In less than an hour, Quentin and Yanusz also rushed back, and like William, they were also holding a thick stack of newspapers in their hands, and when they saw Tang Feng, they hurriedly explained the situation there.
Tang Feng had no choice but to appease them first, "Don't worry, we've already caught the other party's handle, and Hunter will arrive soon." ”
At this time, Tang Feng didn't realize that he was already in big trouble!
Even Hunter came with Galen in a hurry, took all the newspapers as evidence, followed Sanchez to check the cut phone line, and applied for an arrest warrant as soon as possible.
Even if he personally led the team to arrest those rumor-mongers, he also called his colleagues in various sub-bureaus.
Asking them to help capture and maintain order, trying to minimize the damage, did not prevent the gaffe from getting out of control further.
Because, Julia has been accompanied by Anthony and has been interviewed by the TV station, and it is not just a TV station!
That night, almost every television station in Los Angeles broadcast a video of Julia's interview, which immediately caused a terrible chain reaction.
In just one day, Tang Feng has changed from a talented young director who is envied by countless people to a despicable villain referred to by Qianfu.
And at eight o'clock in the evening, he received another call from Harvey from New York, "I'm sorry, Sean, I still couldn't convince them, I'm afraid the three major theaters won't be showing our movie." ”
"If I had followed your advice and signed the contract with them sooner, things might not have been so bad. ”
"I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I'm so arrogant, why do I have to make trouble for no reason?"
Hearing the crying voice on the phone, Tang Feng's heart was very uncomfortable, and he hurriedly comforted: "Harvey, you listen to me, it has nothing to do with you, this is all my trouble." It's me who should say sorry, you've done everything you could!"
Harvey still couldn't hold back after all, and said with a sob: "However, now not only the three major theaters will not schedule films, but even several other theaters will reduce their film schedules!"
"I don't really know what to do, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. ”
When it came to the end, Tang Feng was not as annoyed as he was at the beginning, and said lightly: "Don't blame yourself, Harvey." ”
"Maybe it's not as bad as you think, I've been notified by the court that the trial will officially start on Wednesday. ”
"As long as I can win that lawsuit, maybe there will be a new turnaround. ”
"You should come back as soon as possible and help me arrange the media. ”
"Once we win the case, we report it as quickly as possible, so that we can do some remedy. ”
Putting down the phone, Tang Feng said to the people who came in a hurry tiredly: "Let's all go back, I'm a little tired and want to go to bed early." ”
"You all rest early, tomorrow is probably the hardest, I hope it doesn't get worse. ”
"You don't have to worry about me, there's nothing to be sad about, it's a big deal to wait for all the truth to be revealed, let's start all over again!"
At this time, Tang Feng, who was physically and mentally exhausted, had already prepared for the worst.
However, in the middle of the night, Harvey called again, which still gave him some comfort.
Despite being vandalized and discredited, on Sunday, they earned more than seven million at the box office.
In this way, "Killer Tragedy" won more than 19 million box office in just over two days in the first week of release.
beat "Die Hard 2", which has been released for more than two months, and topped the weekly box office list!