The morning sun shines through the shutters into the café, and across the street the Thames River flows silently before meeting the Chewell River not far away.

A girl with a ponytail sits in a window seat, her chin in one hand and a newspaper pressed under the other.

"Miss, here's your coffee."

The young waitress placed a cup of steaming coffee in front of the girl, who looked up, smiled and thanked her.

Her almost ivory cheeks were lined with two large eyes that were so dark that they were bottomless, and under her straight nose were a touch of freshwater-colored lips, with thin lines, as graceful as an unassailable statue.

The waiter was slightly stunned, and was about to say the words of praise, but his eyes stopped on the newspaper under the girl.

"You also like to watch Lin's movies?"

The girl nodded, "I have watched the "Tales of the Night", "The Love of Ghosts" and last year's "The Shawshank Redemption", but I don't know much about him as a person, I only know that he is a very discerning filmmaker. ”

The waiter put away the tray, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have been in Hong Kong for a while, and in the eyes of the ordinary people of Hong Kong, Lin may be more famous than Her Majesty the Queen...... This has a lot to do with the fact that he has made many famous movies, but also has a lot to do with his own experience, he is the youngest of all the self-made billionaires in Hong Kong. ”

There was an incredible look in the girl's eyes, which made the waiter feel greatly satisfied.

"But the box office performance of his investment film in the United States is not very good, and the American media has been talking about it recently." The girl removed her hand. Reveal blocked text on the newspaper.

"It only grossed $18 million in the first week of its release. This result is indeed a bit lower than his previous films...... However, it is on the weekly box office charts in North America. The movie is still in the top five, isn't it? "The waiter was very clever enough to find the last piece of information mentioned in the newspaper, so as not to make a fool of himself in front of the girl.

"Maybe!" The girl pursed her lips, picked up her coffee and savored it slowly, and her eyes shifted to the window.

Seeing that the girl had no intention of continuing the conversation, the waiter took his leave with great interest.

At the same time in the United States, it was already afternoon local time, and Tracy Jacobs found Brad Pitt in a gym, who was working on his arm muscles. When Tracy Jacobs came over, he didn't mean to stop.

Tracy Jacobs stood in front of Brad Pitt with his hands crossed, "Have you read the news in the newspaper lately?" Lin, whom you trust immensely, has now become the object of ridicule by everyone. ”

Brad Pitt glanced up at Tracy Jacobs: "It's only been a week since the movie was released, don't you think it's a little too early to jump to conclusions?" ”

"Do you expect a surprise performance from it in the future?" A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of Tracy Jacobs's mouth, "Maybe you don't know yet, several theater companies have decided to reduce the number and scale of this movie, and the kind of thing you are expecting is really unlikely to happen." ”

Brad Pitt stopped exercising, stood up and wiped the sweat from his face with a towel. "Xie Lu, thank you for telling me this, and then what do you think I should do? Do you want to break the contract with the other party now? ”

"It's definitely not okay to break the contract. But we can raise some requirements, such as the roles you appear in, and the various treatments you have in the crew......"

"You have been in contact with Mr. Lin, you should know his character, are you trying to provoke him by doing this?" Brad Pitt walked over to the bench press equipment, picked a weight that suited him, and began to work out.

Tracy Jacobs took the opportunity to say, "If you provoke him, maybe your contract will be terminated." ”

Brad Pitt lifted the barbell hard and said in a steady tone, "That's the real purpose of your coming today, right?" ”

Tracy Jacobs doesn't deny it.

Brad Pitt took a deep breath, lifted the barbell again and put it down, "The failure of a movie doesn't mean anything, and besides, does the movie really fail?" At least I don't think so! ”

"Pete, I know you may have an opinion about me, but you should be responsible for your own future." Tracy Jacobs said patiently.

Brad Pitt returned the barbell to the shelf, sat up and looked at Tracy Jacobs, "I think what Mr. Lin said makes a lot of sense, and I should be true to my heart...... It is because I want to be responsible for my future that I make this choice.

"Well, I'm sure the facts will make you see everything."

Tracy Jacobs dropped the sentence and turned around and walked away without looking back.

Brad Pitt threw the towel on the ground, knowing that he had broken with Tracy Jacobs this time.

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On the second day after the box office results of the first day of the release of "Monster City" in North America, Lin Youlun held a press conference in New York, but what the reporters on the scene did not expect was that it was not the creators of "Monster City" who appeared next to him, but the popular Hollywood student Brad Pitt.

At the beginning of the press conference, the microphones placed in front of Lin Youlun had formed a small mountain, and the lenses of at least hundreds of cameras were pointed at him at the same time, and the flashes kept flashing.

"I know that the most important question you want to ask now is, how do I feel about the box office of "Monster City" in the first week of North America...... 18 million US dollars, ranked third at the weekly box office, in fact, I am already very satisfied with this box office result, but I know that everyone here must not be satisfied, because I am the 'spoiler' of Hollywood movies in your eyes, and the biggest threat to Hollywood movies in the international film market. ”

The reporters in the audience were a little at a loss, they could all hear that Lin Youlun's remarks were satirizing the so-called "Hong Kong film threat theory" that the American media has been propagating all along, but at this moment, they couldn't find a suitable way to get them to stand up and refute it.

"If the box office results of "Monster City" are not as high as everyone expected, this result should be good news for everyone here, because you no longer have to worry about Hong Kong movies crushing American films, and you no longer have to call on the public to boycott Hong Kong movies in newspapers or on television...... And maybe bad news, because some of you are likely to lose your job as a result, because you'll be missing a great piece of news material to attract your readers. ”

When Lin Youlun said this, an American reporter in the audience actually laughed.

"Well, what I'm really trying to say is that it's not as bad as everyone thinks. Some people may tell me that the box office of the first week has already decided the fate of the film, but this is only a general rule, not absolute...... If you compare "Monster City" with the movies that I invested in in the United States market that sold well, you should find that "Monster City" is completely oriental in terms of subject matter and film style. I've been looking for new elements of Eastern cinema that can be accepted by Western audiences in addition to kung fu, and "Monster City" is an attempt, and I would like to solemnly announce to you, and it is also the theme of this press conference - a new film with an investment of more than $80 million, which will be another attempt in my plan. ”

The American reporters in the audience were stunned when they heard the news, and when everyone else didn't react, a reporter in the front row preemptively asked: "Mr. Lin, if you invite Brad Pitt to star in your new film, then what is the difference between this movie and other Hollywood movies?" ”

Because this was an unauthorized question, Lin Youlun could have refused to answer, but he responded to the reporter's question.

"You may be mistaken, Pitt will play a very important role in this movie, but he is not the male lead, the real male lead is a Hong Kong actor."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was immediately a burst of discussion in the audience.

At this point, Brad Pitt picked up the microphone.

"Actually, when Mr. Lin first approached me, my agent advised me not to take on this role, but I think this is a very interesting role, although I am not playing the male lead, but the whole story is very interesting, which is a very important reason why I think I played this movie...... I can swear that the male lead of this movie is really not for me, and this is the most intuitive feeling I have after reading the script, so I am more convinced that my previous decision was the right one. ”

Brad Pitt said the same, and no one in the audience doubted Lin Youlun's previous statement, and then more people were concerned about the detailed information about the new film.

Questions about the director and heroine of the film were raised one after another, but Lin Youlun did not give a clear answer, and only roughly informed the media that the director and heroine were both from Europe.

It has to be said that it successfully diverted the attention of the American media, and many newspapers were talking about it the next day, and everyone generally believed that Lin Youlun's new film with such a wide international lineup was obviously not only aimed at the North American market, but also had great ambitions for the European market.

This statement was not admitted by Lin Youlun himself, because when the media went to Lin Youlun for verification, they found out that he had gone to the United Kingdom.

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As soon as the Year of the Horse arrives, update it immediately! (To be continued......)