"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Guan Zhilin brushed up the long hair that hung down to cover her face, raised her head and looked at Lin Youlun with a guilty expression: "It may not be clean to wipe with paper alone, so it is better for Mr. Lin to change his pants and I will take it to the room to help you clean it." ”

Guan Zhilin said this, and Wu Siyuan also echoed on the side: "Yes, let Zhizhi help Mr. Lin clean up, anyway, she was the one who got dirty!" ”

Lin Youlun couldn't stand Guan Zhilin's pleading, so she had to agree to go back to the room with her to deal with the wine stain.

Seeing the two of them get up and leave the restaurant, Wu Siyuan took his gaze back, and then found that Wang Jing and Cheng Long looked at him strangely.

Wu Siyuan coughed, pretending to be casual and continuing the previous topic with Cheng Long.

"Aaron, the role you mentioned before, I thought about it later, after all, the opportunity to participate in Hollywood movies is rare, I can go back and discuss with the producers of the two movies in which Zhizhi participated, and see if I can vacate her schedule for a while......"

Cheng Long sneered in his heart, but he didn't say anything sarcastic, but he directly rejected Wu Siyuan's proposal.

"Mr. Wu, since Miss Guan's schedule is full, I still think it's okay to forget about that role, after all, it's not an important role, the director has decided to find another Chinese actor to play, and I have no choice."

"That's ......"

Although Wu Siyuan looked regretful, he didn't really care in his heart, as long as Guan Zhilin and Lin Youlun had such a relationship, Guan Zhilin would not have a chance to appear in Hollywood movies in the future?

Wang Jing sat on the side, watching Cheng Long and Wu Siyuan acting with each other over there, and he only felt very funny in his heart.

He glanced at the door of the restaurant, Lin Youlun and Guan Zhilin were gone, and they probably wouldn't come back within an hour. Tonight's meal is destined to be eaten for a long time.

The actual situation is exactly the same as Wang Jing expected, Lin Youlun and Guan Zhilin left for more than an hour, and when they came back, the wine stains on Lin Youlun's pants were still there, and Guan Zhilin's eyes and eyebrows still had the spring love that had not dispersed, but her expression was very satisfied and proud.

Wang Jing glanced at Cheng Long with some sympathy, only to see Cheng Long drain the wine in the cup in one gulp, put down the cup with a heavy heart, and didn't say anything.

Wu Siyuan was overjoyed, he had been planning for so long. Guan Zhilin finally lived up to her expectations and got Lin Youlun, and Wu Siyuan also let go of a matter in his heart.

With such a relationship with Zhi Lin, it will be much easier to take Lin Youlun's "free ride" in the future and cooperate to invest in making movies.

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On the first day of its release, "The Mummy" grossed more than $30 million, setting a new record for the first-day box office of a North American film in '92.

The US media has long been prepared for this outcome. So the reaction was not as violent as it used to be, with only a few newspapers symbolically publishing some film reviews. But it doesn't hurt either.

"Compared to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". I don't think there are too many highlights in the plot of "The Mummy", but thanks to the special effects and JACK Cheng's hard performance, I didn't fall asleep in the cinema. ”

Compared with the past, the New York Times' evaluation this time is already very polite, not saying that "The Mummy" is useless, and the "Washington Post" is not so good-natured. Their film critic said directly in the column: "The plot, special effects, and character performances don't give people any surprises, and JACK Cheng is more like a monkey jumping around in it!" ”

Of course, some newspapers gave more pertinent evaluations, and the filmmakers of the "Los Angeles Times" especially praised "The Mummy", thinking that this movie is better than "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". The fact that it has made a big improvement in catering to the tastes of American audiences proves that Hong Kong filmmakers seem to be actively moving closer to Hollywood, which is very commendable.

At the same time, ABC, CBS, and NBC TV stations also did some interviews specifically for the follow-up market reaction of the film.

In front of a theater, NBC reporters randomly interviewed some audience members who had just come out of the theater.

"What do you think of this movie?"

"IT'S NOT BAD, THE SPECIAL EFFECTS ARE VERY GOOD, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT AS ATTRACTIVE AS THE PLOT OF "GHOST BLOWING THE LANTERN", JACK CHENG'S PERFORMANCE IS STILL VERY EXCITING, BETTER THAN HIS PREVIOUS MOVIES IN THE UNITED STATES." A tall man chewing gum and hugging his girlfriend replied.

The reporter then stopped another female audience member who was a little obese and asked her what impressed her the most about the movie.

"The bugs in the film make me feel so sick that they seriously affect my appetite!"

After the other party walked away, the reporter picked up the microphone and said helplessly to the camera: "For her, this may not be a bad thing, okay, let's listen to other people's opinions again." ”

The camera follows the reporter to a middle-aged black man, "Sir, can you tell us what you think of this movie?" ”

"Why don't there be black actors in this movie, is this racism?"

On the TV screen, the reporter was again speechless.

Stan Lee picks up the remote control, turns off the TV in the conference room, and glances over the faces of everyone at the conference table.

"How about it, guys, you shouldn't have wasted the movie tickets I gave you yesterday, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a curly-haired man with glasses raised his hand.

"Why did Jeff get two tickets and I only had one?"

The curly-haired man's mouth was Jeff, who was sitting across from him, an obese man.

Stan Lee shrugged, "Because Jeff has a girlfriend and you don't!" ”

The curly-haired man complained dissatisfiedly, "But I can watch it with my mom, she loves JACK Cheng's movies!" ”

"Okay, Red, I'll remember that, I'll be sure to get two tickets for you next time."

"Don't believe his, he just wants to get one more ticket and then sell them all to someone else!" Jeff opened his mouth to expose the curly-haired man's lies.

"He is talking nonsense, he has no evidence at all!" The curly-haired man turns to Stan Lee, trying to prove his innocence.

"The proof is that you didn't watch the movie at all, and you sold the ticket in your hand as well." Jeff pointed this out mercilessly.

The curly-haired man was discouraged, but he still insisted that he didn't sell the movie tickets.

"Okay, don't make any noise, I'm not calling you here today to discuss this with you!" Stan Lee looked at his men with some headaches, this kind of situation was often played out in previous meetings, and when it was supposed to be talked about, it would be interrupted by someone and then turned into an argument about another matter.

Stan Lee heads a comic book company, and the room is full of comic book authors, who may not be very famous, but whose work is famous in the United States.

Spider-Man, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, these well-known comic book characters, are all written by these people in the conference room, of course, more than 90% of these comic book creation, Stan Lee has participated in the creation, so he will sit in the boss's seat to face this group of headache men.

"I want to know how you feel after watching this movie!"

"Maybe we can think of a superhero that has something to do with mummies." The curly-haired man rushed to speak in order to prove that he had seen the movie.

Stan Lee gave him an annoyed look, "Alright, Jerry, you can shut up!" ”

"The special effects on this movie are very well done!" Finally someone said a more normal opinion.

"JACK CHENG'S KUNG FU IS GOOD!" Fat Jeff added.

"What about the others? And then you guys don't have any other ideas after watching this movie? Stan Lee looked at the crowd at the conference table, but no one answered him.

"Well, since you all have nothing to say, I'll give you my opinion. A long time ago, I had the idea of remaking superhero comics into movies, but due to the limitations of the special effects of the movie, it was not easy to realize this idea, but this movie, as well as the mature special effects techniques used in "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" earlier, let me see that the conditions for shooting superhero movies in comics are ripe! ”

""Batman Returns" has just been released not long ago, it seems that Warners is not very satisfied with the box office of this sequel, it is said that they are ready to change the director and starring in one go this time, is it really the right time to bring these superheroes from our comics to the screen at this time?" Such a question was raised.

None of Hollywood's major studios are looking well at the prospect of comic book adaptations, and Warner is the first to eat crabs, and in the case of the two "Batman" movies, this kind of film still doesn't show too much prospects.

Stan Lee's view is the opposite.

"The failure of the adaptation of the characters in DC Comics does not mean that we will face the same failure, the biggest difference between us and DC is that the superheroes in our comics are adapted into movies, which must be supported by special effects technology, and the market potential of special effects movies I believe you have all seen, comic adaptation plus movie special effects, these two together can definitely have an unexpected chemical reaction!"

"But the question is, who wants to do this?" A subordinate asked a very real question.

With Warner's experience, other Hollywood studios are unlikely to be interested in comic book adaptations, and those small studios can't afford the high cost of film special effects.

Stan Lee clutched his head in pain.

"Oh my God, the news I showed you just now, and the way you felt about watching "The Mummy", don't you know the reason for it until now? Lin Youlun, the investor of "The Mummy", is our best partner! (To be continued......)