Chapter 49: Vanity Fair (4)
The crowd of moviegoers is exactly the surprise that Li Wei is looking forward to. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the ward, Li Wei sat at the head of Miss Lai's bed, staring intently at the TV.
Lady Rai is still asleep, she is weak and needs plenty of rest.
Tracy arrived early in the morning, sitting on the couch next to her hospital bed, flipping through a file in her hand, she had no interest in the TV show.
The channel was changed to TNT Turner's NBA news, and Li Wei didn't want to watch it, but a familiar face caught his attention.
Joe's helper!
The leader of the Qiao gang in this era is not yet thirty years old, and he just won the first NBA championship this year, and he is in the limelight, but he is far from the majestic posture of the gods of later generations.
The show should have been recorded last night, Joe led his daughter-in-law Juanita out of a movie theater in Chicago, and was blocked by reporters, who asked him, "Hey, Mr. Jordan, what movie did you watch and how did you feel?" ”
Joe helped the leader 'oh' and exclaimed: "Juanita and I watched "Hurricane Rescue", it's amazing, I think it's better than "Terminator 2", Lee is a super tough guy, I just learned today that Hollywood has born such an action superstar, I heard that he has made a movie, what is it called, I will buy a videotape when I go back!" ”
"It's called 'Killer's Tragedy'!" The reporter answered for him, and then asked: "Juanita, do you agree with your husband?" ”
"Of course!" Juanita smiled shyly, looked at Jordan and said: "But I appreciate Lee's acting skills more, he perfectly interprets his brother's responsibility to the family, in order to rescue his sister, he can be desperate, even give up his life, we in America need such a heroic brother, right, dear?" ”
"You're so right! Lee's behavior reminds me of my brother Larry, who is a nice man who loves his family dearly! On a whim, Joe made a joke, "I'm very willing to make a cameo appearance in Lee's next movie, of course, I don't want to play a bad guy!" ”
Seeing this, Li Wei sat up straight and said to Tracy: "Take the time to contact Jordan's agent, I want to have a banquet for him, just say that I am his fan, and I am very honored that he can make a cameo appearance in my next movie!" ”
Tracy glanced at the TV, pouted, and said, "He's a little trash fish, and he doesn't deserve your movie at all, you should invite Magic Johnson or Big Bird Bird!" ”
"Trash fish?" Li Wei shook his head, it is really long hair and short knowledge, Qiao Gang is mainly miscellaneous fish, then the NBA players in this world are definitely small shrimp, "Do what I say, don't forget this matter!" ”
“OK!” Tracy immediately wrote Jordan's name on the workbook.
After watching the interview with Qiao's gang leader, Li Wei was in a good mood and continued to watch the news on another channel.
He switched to Los Angeles Entertainment Channel, a television channel directly owned by CBS, a long-established North American television network.
Journalists are interviewing critics about several films that will be released this week.
The most talked about is "Hurricane Rescue", and the content mainly focuses on two issues, that is, whether "Hurricane Rescue" can surpass the myth created by "Killer Tragedy", and whether it can break the box office record set by "Terminator 2" this year.
Most film critics gave a negative answer, and there was even some extremely mean arguments, including a white-bearded old man who was very adamant, "I guarantee that little villain will not get 10 million at the box office, and when his movie is painted, he will be like a castrated little bison, rolling back to his hometown in Texas with an inferior complex!" ”
The scolding was really ruthless, Li Wei's good mood was dissipated like this, and he immediately turned off the TV! I kept muttering in my heart, you said that you are a seventy or eighty-year-old grandfather, embarrassing me as a young man who started a business from scratch, do you want to be old-fashioned!
Li Wei didn't turn on the TV again in the next few days, he didn't know that with the release of "Hurricane Rescue" for several days, the action trend he created was fermenting, and the image of the lonely hero he created to rescue his sister was sweeping the United States like a storm.
The three major bull newspapers were once again alarmed by him, but the direction of public opinion did not change, and they still looked down on him.
On the third day of "Hurricane Rescue," the New York Times gave him a small column with the following headline:
"He is using the movie image of a hero to clear his bad case record in reality! He won't succeed! ”
The Washington Post is more concerned about people's livelihood and does not comment positively on "Hurricane Rescue", giving a column like this:
"The release of this film has led to the absences of middle school students, the absences of young staff, and even the decline in the turnover of bars and dance halls across the United States!"
The Los Angeles Times went off the beaten path and posted a photo of a Los Angeles juvenile detention center, which was an interesting photo of a group of juvenile delinquents praying to a poster of Li Wei, with a striking caption:
"These depraved kids think of him as a superhero who is greater than Batman! Is he worthy? ”
On September 30, 1991, the forty-first Monday of the year, a blast that shook the North American film market began to spread rapidly as newspaper postmen traveled to homes.
"$44.31 million! A new first-week box office record in North American film history is born! ”
Almost all entertainment media published this news, just like the first week single museum record set by "Killer Tragedy" last year, this is Li Wei's second record and the second miracle!
""Hurricane Rescue" swept up $44.31 million at the box office in 1,858 theaters across the United States, surpassing the box office of "Terminator 2" by a full 10 million in the first week!"
"'Hurricane Rescue' broke the $40.48 million first-week box office record set by 'Batman' in 1989!"
"Hurricane Rescue is a standout! In the box office list of the 41st week, the second place "Lover, Don't Make a Sound" is 8.76 million, the third place is 4.13 million for "Psycho", and the fourth place is 1.89 million for "Terminator 2", and the total box office of the last nine is less than half of "Hurricane Rescue"! ”
On this day, the little villain Will. Lee once again became popular in the United States.
Less than 2,000 theaters swept 40 million US dollars, and when more theaters are added next week, there is no suspense that "Hurricane Rescue" will break 100 million, and it can even hit the status of "Terminator 2", the overall box office champion this year as of October.
This news immediately detonated a heated discussion in the media.
The major media in the United States are like chicken blood, full of firepower, and launched a comprehensive public opinion evaluation to Li Wei, saying everything, anyway, they don't leave the little villain!
On Monday night, in Ms. Lai's hospital room, Ms. Li's old friends gathered together to watch the TV news.
Li Wei's mother Laura, Laura's colleague Mary, Lady Lai's grandmother, Mrs. Peyton, and Miss Lai's mother's family, more than a dozen relatives and friends all stood in front of the television set in the ward, listening to the announcer's beautiful report.
This is the most watched ABC television network in North America, and the variety channel is airing an entertainment news.
Announcer: "Hollywood rising star Will . Lee's self-written, directed, and starred movie "Hurricane Rescue" grossed $44.31 million at the box office last week, breaking the box office record for the first week in North American film history. Lee's exclusive interview, please see the detailed report below! ”
The TV screen turned and cut to a guest room at ABC's Los Angeles headquarters, where Li Wei was sitting on a round chair, looking at the camera with a smile, first reaching out to say hello, and then saying, "Hi, how are you, I'm Will. Lee, that's right, I'm the director of Hurricane Rescue and your most loyal friend, and I invite you to come and watch my movie, I promise I won't disappoint you, trust me, I'm going to surprise you! ”
The camera suddenly zoomed out, and a female host appeared in front of Li Wei, holding the microphone and asking him: "Li, it's unbelievable, you're only twenty years old, can you tell us what is the secret of your success?" ”
"My secret is to listen to my mother!"
"Oh, are you telling us that your film major was taught by your mother?"
"No, no, my mom told me to dare to chase your dreams, and to be steadfast, then success will come eventually!"
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In the ward, all the eyes of relatives and friends were focused on her mother, Laura was a little embarrassed, but she held her head high and said to everyone proudly: "I remember, I only said such things when he was born, I didn't expect him to remember so clearly!" My son was born a child prodigy! ”