Chapter 74: Regaining the top spot
PS: I took the medicine on time three times a day, but it didn't improve much, I still had a fever, and it seems that it would not be better if I didn't go to the hanging bottle. . .
Forehead.. Go to bed early at night and see if it can have an effect, if not, go to the hanging bottle early tomorrow morning, and you will definitely recover the double watch!
I changed the cover again, and I revised the introduction, I don't know if you like it this time?
Friends who like movies and books can add a book friend group, and the key is in the introduction.
Come on, let's start our Hollywood journey together~~
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Sunday morning.
In a small town in northern California, at the home of teenager Jeremy.
"Smack!"
A boy who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old, with freckles on his face, lifted the piggy bank with a look of chagrin and slammed it to the ground.
The beautiful cartoon piggy bank was immediately torn apart, and the coins placed in it suddenly rolled all over the ground.
The boy smiled, crouched down, carefully pulled out two rolled bills from the pile of debris, clutched them tightly in his hands, and turned and ran out of his bedroom.
In the dining room, the boy's mother had just prepared breakfast and when she saw that the boy was going out, she asked, "Jeremy, where are you going?"
The boy quickly opened the door and ran out, only to reply, "Mom, I'm going to the cinema!"
The mother was furious and shouted: "Don't think I didn't hear it, in order to watch a bad movie, you smashed the piggy bank that your father gave you!"
As she spoke, she chased her outside the door and shouted into the distance, "Jeremy, go back after breakfast!"
In the distance, she heard her son's cheers, "It's too late, Mom! Leave me pizza, I'll come back after the movie." ”
"I'm going to see Killer Tragedy, I'm going to learn parkour!"
The mother looked at her son's distant back, with a helpless wry smile on her face, and muttered in her mouth: "What an urgent son, I have already asked your father to buy movie tickets after the night shift, can't you wait for the evening to go to see it together?"
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In an apartment building on the outskirts of Seattle.
Ava, who had just been woken up by the alarm clock, stretched her waist and squinted her eyes and muttered, "Damn, I forgot to turn off the alarm before going to bed yesterday!"
"Oh, yes, it's Sunday!"
"After watching "The Oprah Show" last night, I seem to have called Tom and made an appointment with him to go to the morning movie together!"
"Damn, it's a quarter past seven, Tom should be almost there, oh my god, I haven't washed up yet!"
Ava said as she scrambled out of bed and ran to the bathroom.
Just then, the phone rang at the bedside, and Ava hurried back to answer the phone, "Hi Tom, good morning." ”
Tom's anxious voice came over the phone, "Ava, are you ready?"
"When I passed by the cinema just now, I saw a lot of people queuing in front of the door!"
"Well, I'll be there in five minutes, so you can go downstairs and wait for me now. ”
"I have to rush back to the company before 11 o'clock to work overtime, and if we don't make it to the first movie, I'm afraid we'll have to wait until next week. ”
Ava and Tom both work in a tech company, she is an office secretary, and Tom is a new programmer who always works overtime day and night, so it is difficult to spend weekends together.
Ava hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll see you downstairs in five minutes!"
In order to be able to watch a movie with her beloved, Ava really worked hard, she took off her lace pajamas, then pulled her hair, and rushed into the bathroom.
Three minutes later, Ava brushed her teeth as fast as she could, washed her face, combed her hair, drew her eyebrows, applied lipstick, and walked out of the bathroom refreshed.
Then she went to the closet, changed into a beautiful dress, and hurriedly put on her high heels and walked out of the house with a beautiful handbag.
In the elevator, Ava pulled out a bottle of perfume from her bag, sprayed it twice in the air, and then walked into the perfume rain with a happy face.
At this time, her heart was full of sweetness and longing for the future: "Is this how it feels to be in love?"
"It's a rush to meet each other, but it's really sweet. ”
"Maybe I should consider moving in with him and living with him. ”
"My friends say that this movie is very touching, I wonder if he will propose to me after watching it?"
Thinking of the scene she had been looking forward to, Ava's face turned crimson, "Oh my, I'm crazy!"
"Dear Tom, as long as you propose, I will definitely agree to you, I can't wait. ”
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On this sunny morning, the same, or a different story, happened a lot.
But unsurprisingly, it's all related to the movie that made them look forward to it!
In this era, there is no large-scale public network, of course, there are no dating platforms and comprehensive websites, let alone games and entertainment video websites, and people's entertainment methods are still very primitive.
A wonderful movie is enough to affect the lives of many people, and this is one of the few entertainment methods that can bring them joy.
Whether it is an audience or a practitioner, the vast majority of people have a deep love for movies.
It is this love that makes them rush to the cinema early in the morning, wanting to feast their eyes on the first time.
Just after an early show, "Killer Tragedy" won a super high box office of more than 1 million!
Even, the attendance rate of many theaters has reached 100%, and once again refreshed the highest single-show box office in this theater!
Since today was the last of the first phase of the audition, Tang Feng rushed to the shopping mall early, but the frequent good news made him absent-minded all day.
Although he was at the audition, his mind was completely out of it. This also led to the fact that on the last day of the audition, there were very few people who made the cut.
Just around noon, Harvey called, "Hey, Sean, we're finally making it through!"
"Since the morning, there have been long queues in front of many theaters, and they are all coming to see our movies, haha!"
"That scene is really exciting, it seems that this time we can make a lot of money again!"
Tang Feng: "yes, that's thanks to Jonathan. ”
"If he hadn't introduced Oprah, we might never have waited for this day. ”
"Well, I'll have to call him in a moment to show my gratitude. ”
Before he could finish speaking, Harvey interjected again: "Whatever, you can do whatever you want, anyway, I don't have a good impression of their media." ”
"Oh, yes, I almost forgot to get to the point. ”
"I just received a call from AMC and Shellrick, and they asked me to meet in the afternoon, probably to discuss the film schedule. ”
"Sean, just wait for my good news, next week our movie will be able to land in the three major theaters, haha!"
Tang Feng was a little surprised by this news, he was ready to go offline early, but he didn't expect that at this time, he would receive three olive branches.
Immediately, his spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly instructed carefully: "Harvey, listen, no matter what conditions they propose, agree to them immediately!"
"Now is not the time to calculate, as long as you can successfully land in the three major theaters!"
What he didn't know was that at the same time, the CEO of Royal Entertainment was also making final communication with the managers of the other two companies.
"Don't worry about the original plan, squeeze out as many theaters as possible for them, and don't raise the price, as long as his films can be screened in our theaters!"
"This is the second time, and I'm fed up!"
"Early in the morning, countless audience members protested at the entrance of the theater, and the shareholders were about to burst my phone!"
"Anyway, tomorrow, no, let them send the copy tonight!"
After passing the phone call with Harvey, Tang Feng immediately called Jonathan to express his gratitude.
And Jonathan was also very polite, not only invited Tang Feng to the dinner he held, but also agreed to his request.
It was agreed that the final stage of the audition will be held in the kilometer studio of KTLA TV, and this unique audition will be broadcast on the TV program of the day.
Originally, Tang Feng just had the mentality of trying it out, so he would mention the audition to Jonathan, but he didn't expect him to agree very happily, and said that he would send his most experienced subordinates to discuss the follow-up with him.
Putting down the phone, Tang Feng couldn't figure out why Jonathan valued him so much, but there was no doubt that this was good news, so he didn't think about it anymore.
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In the afternoon, Harvey called again, "Sean, I just reached an agreement with the three major theater chains. ”
"Starting tomorrow, they'll have a hundred big screens per house to show our movies. ”
"The price is fair, but they reserve the right to change the screening schedule at any time, and it is said that there will be several blockbuster films coming out soon. ”
"It seems that we are running out of time, and I have already ordered that all copies will be in place by six o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest, so you don't have to worry about this. ”
After the audition, Tang Feng hurried back to the company, and also called Mary, telling her that he and William would not go back at night, and asked her not to worry.
Because they have to wait for the latest box office information, they also have to discuss the new screening plan, and the relevant arrangements for the final stage of the audition.
As for the shooting plan of the new movie, he can only wait until he is busy with this paragraph, and he doesn't have that much time now.
After a long wait, finally in the early hours of the morning, Tang Feng received the box office data for the day.
Although the film schedule was reduced, when the venue was almost full, "The Killer Tragedy" still achieved a box office of more than 8 million at the end of this day.
In this way, in the third week of the movie's release, it finally managed to break through the 20 million mark and get a box office of 23 million, regaining the top spot in this week's box office list!
And the total box office of the movie has also exceeded 60 million US dollars!
Even if it is offline now, their film, with a total investment of no more than five million US dollars, has achieved such good results in three weeks after its release, and it has achieved such a high rate of return of more than 12 times, which is basically the same as "The Love of People and Ghosts"!
However, until now, "Killer Tragedy" has not been fully released, and overseas rights have not been released.
The good situation also makes Tang Feng full of hope for the future of this movie!
"It sees, overseas distribution is a must, and I'll leave it to Harvey. ”
"I hope that in the end, there will be a good global box office!"