On July 10, the box office of the first week was officially released, although it set off a storm of doubts among the public because of George Northo's article, but the reputation of the film itself was not affected much, more than 70% of the film critics praised the film, therefore, the pressure is still hot, or won more than 27 million US dollars at the weekend three-day box office, for this number, the Colombian side is mixed.

The joy is that the box office on weekdays in the summer will account for 40% to 50% of the box office of the whole week, and the box office of the first seven days still has a chance to hit the $40 million mark, although because of the amazing results of the first week of 45 million, but this number has made the senior Colombian officials who have been worried about the box office for half a month sleep well, and the first week has reached 40 million, so the total box office still has a good chance of breaking through 200 million US dollars.

The worry is because of the lessons of the past, Colombia is very worried that the film will follow in the footsteps and fall by more than 50% at the box office the next week, although there will be no more box office curves like big ups and downs after that, it is inevitable that Colombia will have this kind of worry, the movie is like gambling, and no one knows what will happen next.

So, when the storm caused by George Northson's questioning article was just rising, Columbia quickly summoned all the executives to discuss what to do, and the consequences of such a thing are difficult to predict, and perhaps people will read it and forget about it after giggling and chatting. But Colombia also found that many parties did not seem to want this argument to be ignored, and in just a few days, many media outlets began to promote it.

They will definitely not allow the original momentum to be affected by this doubt, not to mention, Colombia has determined Eric's 'topic marketing' to build yì, using product placement in the movie and Eric TV series clips as hype topics to push up the box office in the second week, but if this plan wants to be implemented smoothly, this wave of doubts must be clarified first, otherwise it will be difficult for topic marketing to have the predicted effect, and it is likely to be superimposed on a worse situation because of the previous doubts.

While the executives were a little nervous about how to clarify that there was no gunman, the small box of videotapes that Eric brought into the conference room caught everyone's eye, and after a few tapes were played, everyone quickly discussed what to do.

In CBS's Los Angeles office building, Eric is putting the finishing touches on a hostess named Sophia Temple to record a show called it. What better way to clear up doubts than on a talk show and showing a video tape on the spot in front of millions of viewers?

When an executive proposed this idea, Eric's first thought was the famous one, after all, this show is too famous, but unfortunately his idea was quickly dispelled, because the broadcast time of each season is from September to May of the following year, and now it is just in the suspension period of this talk show. Moreover, even if the Oprah talk show is not off the air now, it is unlikely that the schedule will be arranged in just a few days.

In order to settle for the second, Colombia quickly arranged another program called CBS TV, which has a good relationship with Guò, and this talk show is obviously a parody, but unfortunately Eric has not heard of it in his previous life.

Sophia Temple is a very temperamental white woman, dressed in a modest burgundy professional suit, with black hair and blue eyes, and a straight nose, Eric feels that the other party is somewhat similar in appearance to Courtney Cox in her previous life, but she is a little more bookish than Courtney Cox.

After the exchange, Eric also understood why this talk show was unknown in his previous life, and it is estimated that this follow-up work will not last long.

Because Sophia Temple has a very civilized personality and a decent conversation, Eric guesses that the other party must be from a wealthy family and has received a full set of elite education, although this woman is very talented, but her personality is somewhat conservative. Therefore, Eric feels that she is more suitable for a more strict high-end talk show, interviewing some entrepreneurs, scientists or senior government officials, rather than this kind of talk show that needs to interact with guests and mobilize the audience's atmosphere.

In comparison, Oprah, who was born at the bottom, is different, in order to hype up the influence of the show, the other party can blow up his childhood experience of being sexually assaulted by close relatives, can make a variety of funny actions on the spot, and can cry and laugh with the guests on the spot, and Eric is sure that the conservative Sophia Temple will definitely not be able to do this.

"Ms. Temple, Mr. Williams, the scene is ready to start recording. A staff member pushed the door open and walked into the breakroom, saying to Eric and Sophia, who were exchanging details.

Eric and Sophia left the break room side by side and headed for the studio.

"Speaking of directors, the first impression that comes to many people's minds must be those bearded, messy, and eccentric old men, but since last year, there has been an alternative in Hollywood's director circle, he is not only young and handsome, but also talented, and what is even more surprising is that this teenager has won jaw-dropping box office results in several consecutive movies, heh, everyone must already know who he is, then, please have our guest today, Mr. Eric Williams. ”

After a skillful opening statement, at Sophia's suggestion, Eric walked in again with the small box, and the program team had also built a plan to put the box containing the videotape directly on the scene, but Eric still refused, the reason why he was on such a show, the main purpose was to clarify the rumors of the gunman, so of course the deeper the impression on the audience, the better.

Amid the screams of the girls in the audience, Eric smiled and waved to the camera before sitting down with Sophia.

"Eric, is this a gift you have for everyone, do you want me to help distribute it to everyone?" Sophia asked with a smile, pointing to the box that Eric had brought up.

Before Eric could answer, the girls in the audience screamed excitedly again, and several of them couldn't help but stand up and look at the contents of the box.

Eric pressed his hands slightly embarrassed, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then explained: "I'm sorry, everyone, I came in too much hurry today to prepare gifts, as for these, it's just some videotapes, as for the content, keep it secret for the time being, and I'll surprise everyone later." ”

Although many people at the scene sighed in disappointment, they all quieted down.

Next, Sophia and Eric began the standard process of talk show interviews, which is close, reminiscing about childhood, looking back on the past, savoring the present, and looking forward to the future......

Most of the questions were discussed in advance, and Sophia was indeed as conservative as Eric's previous assessment of her, even the occasional few surprise minor problems did not make Eric feel the slightest bit difficult to deal with.

After chatting for more than ten minutes about Eric's past, the two began to turn the conversation to the focus of the interview.

"Eric, a lot of people say that compared to your previous films, the style shift is too big, what do you personally think about the evaluation of these people?"

Eric stared at Sophia's beautiful face and began to talk nonsense seriously: "Actually, to be honest, the appearance of my first few movies has a big chance factor. At that time, my father died suddenly, I had to drop out of school to work in a small restaurant, but that was not the life I wanted, I was very interested in movies since I was a child, so I had something for myself in order to enter Hollywood, and it was the inspiration that I had when I was chatting with Stu Jr., the little guy came to my house one night, I was filming, Stu Jr. asked me, can he also make movies, I said yes, so the script was also produced by a lot of chance. So, I really wanted to make a film from the bottom of my heart, and I had the idea of making this film a long time ago, and for this reason, I even sent an invitation to Mr. Tom Hanks before the shooting. ”

"Oh, so your first few movies are your ticket work, and if your words are heard by many Hollywood directors, many people will be heartbroken. Sophia asked a little narrowly, and the audience laughed again, if Eric really casually made a few movies with amazing box office, it is estimated that many Hollywood directors who have been struggling for many years will hit the wall.

Eric hurriedly denied with a smile: "Of course not, for every movie before, I am trying to do it with my heart, I think if a person wants to achieve something, it is very important that even if you are not very interested in something, you must also try to do it well." ”

Sophia nodded thoughtfully: "Eric, although you are still so young now, with your achievements, you will definitely not be subject to too many constraints and restrictions when making zuò movies in the future, does it mean that your future movies will be in this style?"

"No, I like to try new things, so my future films will definitely be varied, and I don't want to be labeled as a film director at a young age. ”

"However, I've heard the idea in the past few days that even the best of the best film masters will definitely have similar factors in their films. But some newspapers analyzed that this movie has nothing in common with your previous films, just like ...... It's like two people filming. Sophia stared at Eric and raised the more poignant topic.

The audience at the scene immediately became breathless, in fact, many people have already guessed the reason why Eric came to participate in this talk show, so they are curious how Eric will defend himself.