Chapter 637: Charlie's True Identity

"While "Breaking Bad" provides fans with a hot pink visual feast, it also leaves us with a lot of interesting hidden details, and we can also see a completely different character and world setting from the TV series version from the whole film, which can be imagined as an ambitious producer laying the groundwork for a sequel."

In the 007 series, fans are talking about whether the black figure who flies the propeller plane in the final easter egg of the film is the new James. Bond was entangled in the gossip magazine at Penelope. Cruz as Luciene. When Baker has a father-lover complex, many people may have overlooked a very hidden detail when the geek youth were busy studying the real and complex exhaustive algorithm at the end of the film. ”

"Three minutes into the film, Morgan. Freeman's liaison, John, seems to be casually saying when he 'blackens' Luciene: 'Give you 30 minutes to drive to 10880 Malibu, or I'll hand you over to the police along with the photos'. Subsequently, after watching the whole film, we have not been able to see any details about Malibu 10880, and the film does not explain why John asked Lucini to drive Buick to Malibu 10880, after investigation, the real city of Malibu does not have the household number of 10880, then, this very abrupt dialogue seems to be a completely useless redundant plot at first glance. ”

But is that really the case? As we all know, the plot of "Breaking Bad" is very rigorous, and the producers are even more meticulous in terms of details, even if it is a genius girl Jill. The code that Monroe entered in the final episode is said to have been written by Yahoo Web's chief technology officer, Steve Murphy. Mitnik wrote it himself. Well, according to this line of thought, in the most important opening stage of the film, there is absolutely no possibility of a meaningless dialogue. ”

After many pursuits by the reporter of this magazine. We've finally discovered the 'true face' of Malibu 10880, and many readers may have noticed the striking shell-shaped villa in the illustrations in this article and made a guess. That's right, the so-called Malibu No. 10880 is none other than Eric. Williams is a luxury private estate located in Malibu. According to the clues provided by multiple insiders, although the resident number of Jianjiao Manor is not 10880. But Eric. Williams has referred to the estate as 10880 on more than one occasion, and we have found the most direct evidence of this, as the architectural design firm responsible for the Sharp Corner Manor project has the code name 10880 for the 'Free City' villa project in a project document. ”

"We're not going to talk about Kate for a while. Beckinsale plays Selena. Why Gatler indulged himself in the brutal and deadly fights in the underground boxing arena, and did not pursue what happened to Selena and her former partner, these behind-the-scenes stories will most likely be possible in the prequel or side story. Going back to the film, after the formation of the new angel group, the first thing the three angels have to do. Naturally, he went to meet his boss, and although the mysterious boss did not reveal his true face, according to this logic, John's purpose of asking Lucini to drive to the 'fictional' 10880 was explained. At least, in this film, the identity of the owner of No. 10880 is undoubtedly a hint at Charlie, the boss behind the detective company who did not appear in the whole film. Townsend. And according to the '10880' that does exist in the real world, it is not difficult for us to find out. Charlie is everywhere in the movie. Townsend is undoubtedly Eric. Williams' incarnation in Breaking Bad. ”

"Perhaps as the screenwriter of the film version of "Breaking Bad", Eric . Williams set up this little plot out of a whim, but when we turn our attention to today's Hollywood. Many people will be surprised to find that the young boy who became a sensation with "Home Alone" six years ago, such as you, is already like the ubiquitous Charlie in "Breaking Bad". Townsend is average, and his influence covers most of Hollywood, and this influence is even more vividly expressed in the films in this year's summer file. ”

Since the end of May, "Saving Private Ryan", "True Lies", "The Lion King", and "Breaking Bad" have all been released to be box office successes. Whether or not it is produced and distributed by the Firefly Group, it is more or less carried by Eric. Williams's personal imprint, and the upcoming "Dumb and Agua 2" and "Men in Black", the two summer finishing masterpieces, are also from Eric. Hand of Williams. The new Hollywood tycoon's personal influence has already covered the four major studios of Firefly, MGM, Columbia and Fox, and this terrifying influence has surpassed that of almost any movie tycoon in Hollywood's 100-year history. Because the miraculous young tycoon is currently less than twenty-five years old. It is not difficult to make a hypothesis that perhaps one day in the future, Eric. Williams will completely unify Hollywood and become the veritable king of Hollywood. ”

Eric put the article on his desk, which had already been reprinted by several newspapers just two days after it appeared, shook his head and smiled, and continued to read the other materials.

After a week of screenings, "Breaking Bad" easily grossed more than $49 million, and while it couldn't compare to the first week of previous films such as "The Mummy" and "Saving Private Ryan," the women's action blockbuster generated a lot more buzz than last month's bestsellers.

The reason why the box office of "Breaking Bad" is low is not because the summer boom has passed, nor is it definitely affected by factors such as film scheduling or movie quality, just as Buffett said at the premiere that he didn't understand some plots, because the movie involves a lot of high-tech plots that the elderly and children can't understand, "Breaking Baby" did not attract audiences of all ages, but it is really these cool high-tech plots, so that the main audience of this movie is gathered in the young audience of 14 to 28 years old, And it has created an extraordinary influence among this group.

Moreover, because of the super high reputation and hot topicality, the box office of the first day of the second week of "Breaking Bad" not only did not decline compared to the first week, but there was the first box office reversal in the summer of 1994, and the box office statistics agency predicted that the box office of "Breaking Bad" in the second week is likely to exceed 50 million US dollars, and there is almost no difficulty in breaking 100 million in two weeks.

"Breaking Bad" was also a huge hit in some overseas box office markets that were released at the same time as North America. Especially in Japan, which was released at the same time, as a country where comics are popularized, Selena, the comic-style bandage three-no girl image in the film, directly made a large number of Japanese comic otaku boil, and the first week of the movie in Japan was even close to North America, reaching 46 million US dollars. And then in the "Thunderbolt Baby" peripherals that were sold in Japan. Several of Selena's live-action figures have been out of stock in a row. In just one week, Kate, who was originally unknown, has become the most popular Western actress in Japan, and a large number of collaborations and endorsement invitations have flown to ICM.

With the outstanding results of "Breaking Bad", MGM is finally out of the precipice on the verge of bankruptcy. European investors, who are expected to reap the rewards handsomely, are also jubilant, and after the box office of "Breaking Bad" came out in the first week, the two sides couldn't wait to contact Eric to start preparations for a sequel as soon as possible.

At the same time, two other companies that have nothing to do with the film industry have also reaped unexpected benefits.

The film was released for a week because of the film's strong advertising effect. Yahoo's online email users increased by 1.1 million in seven days, and these users are basically new Internet users with very high gold content. The average number of daily visitors to the Yahoo portal has also increased dramatically in a short period of time.

On July 1st, Yahoo Network officially launched the instant messaging software YCR has reached a terrifying exponential growth rate, taking advantage of the east wind of "Thunderbolt Baby", this very fashionable and avant-garde remote chat software in this era The number of users exceeded 10 million within a week, although it had been fully estimated and prepared in advance, but this time Yahoo still failed to withstand the huge data flow pressure brought about by the surge in YCR users, and there was a short-term server downtime on the evening of July 5. Although it is inevitable to be ridiculed by several high-tech giants who are competing for the title of 'the world's largest data processing center', it has not stopped the enthusiasm of users.

Another company that benefited. There is no doubt that it is the Buick Motor Company.

Buick sedan, which was originally focused on business models and is not too popular with young people, more than doubled its sales compared with the previous week within a week of the release of "Thunderbolt Baby", in addition to the Buick Boulevard that appeared many times in the movie, Buick's other models have increased their sales significantly, with the influence of "Thunderbolt Baby", Buick sedan not only opened up the young consumer market that has not been progressing. And car sales are expected to increase by at least 30 per cent in the second half of 1994.

It is worth mentioning that unlike Lamborghini and Ferrari, which can only sell a few thousand units a year, the mid-range brand of the General Motors Group has sold more than 1 million units worldwide in the 80s, with annual sales of tens of billions of dollars, so it is conceivable. What a 30% increase in performance will bring Buick a huge additional profit.

At the beginning, Buick just reluctantly took out 5 million implantation fees just because he saw the line "Don't you think Buick's 'three shields' logo is cool" that was specially added in the movie. But after the movie was released, the president of Buick immediately contacted MGM, who was in charge of the film's distribution, and said that he would add an additional $20 million to jointly promote the film, a treatment that only the 007 series could enjoy in the past. Buick's competitors Ford, Chevrolet and even Japan's Toyota, Honda and other sedan brands have also contacted the producers one after another, trying to win the exclusive brand implantation rights of the sequel to "Thunderbolt".

The sound of the knock on the office door woke Eric from his reading material, and he agreed, and the door was gently pushed open, and Eric watched the female assistant in a professional suit walk in, smiled and raised the copy of "The Hollywood Reporter" he had just read, and asked with a smile: "Kelly, do you think I can unify Hollywood?" ”

"From an antitrust point of view, that's impossible," Kelly said as she sat down across from Eric with a stack of papers, "but from a miracle perspective, that's not necessarily the case." ”

Eric said, "I can hear it, you must be praising me with these words, not using me as a target like this article, right?" ”

Kelly showed a feminine intellectual smile and said: "Yes, but this article has also helped Firefly a lot, according to the financial department's estimate, because of the merger of ABC, the group's financial report for the first half of the year needs to be postponed until the beginning of next month." The publication of this article has been as much of a boost as the beautiful financial report, which was now negligible due to the reform of the hand-drawn animation department, and all long-term bond sales are expected to be completed by the end of the month. ”

Eric asked, "Speaking of which, Peter. Schneider and Roy. Has there been any movement from Disney? ”

"I'm here to tell you about it," Kelly said, handing Eric a document in her hand, "and that's what they offered." ”

Eric flipped through the file briefly, in addition to a large number of expected requirements such as a significant increase in the salaries of employees in the hand-drawn animation department and the department's budget. Schneider and Roy. Disney also demanded the construction of a Disney animation work park comparable to Pixar's, and enjoyed the same power as Pixar to operate on its own.

Closing the document, Eric said with a faint mockery on his face: "If you open your mouth, you will double the salary of employees, and they don't want this matter to end immediately." ”

Kelly replied, "Since they've chosen to work with Ron. Perelman Manuel hand, Na Ron. Perelman, for his part, also needs plenty of time to unite creditors. ”

"It just so happens that we need enough time to set it up," Eric said with a sudden smile, "and at this point, they can be regarded as making the last contribution to the fireflies." ”

Kelly has a little in her heart for Peter. Schneider and Roy. The two Disneys were saddened, especially Peter. Schneider, the high-level of the animation department, is actually quite good, and if the department is reformed according to Eric's plan, he may have a chance to get a higher position in the Firefly system in the future. But now, even if the hand-drawn animation department finds a new owner, once his behavior of eating inside and outside is revealed, he will definitely be kicked out by the new owner once it is revealed, and the fireflies are definitely not for Peter. Schneider's obligation to conceal the matter.

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*PS: There are still two more, and the next one will be later.

*(To be continued.) )