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"Director, the newspaper you wanted."

A secretary walked into the office and placed a magazine on Carla Firth's desk, who nodded and took the magazine, "Thank you." ”

Seeing that nothing else happened, the secretary left the office.

Putting this "Premiere" magazine aside, Carla Firth was busy with the work at hand first, and although she was very concerned about Murphy's new film results, she was more responsible for her own work.

It wasn't until about ten o'clock in the morning that her eyes took off the computer screen, she got up and walked to the window, looked into the distance for a while, relaxed for a while, and then returned to her desk and sat down, picking up the "Premiere" magazine.

She used to do social current affairs news, and she didn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry, and she didn't know much about the film industry, but since Murphy, a friend, switched careers to Hollywood, she not only often pays attention to this news, but also has an in-depth understanding of the industry.

On the cover of "Premiere" is Peter Parker, the famous little spider, and there is a line of eye-catching titles below the little spider "Spider-Man" easily won the top spot at the North American box office, "007: Die Again" had a weak start, and the box office of "Planet of Terror" exceeded expectations in the first week!

Seeing this line of words, the corners of Carla Firth's mouth hooked up with an imperceptible smile, that guy seems to have succeeded again!

Flipping through the "Premiere" magazine, she directly found the weekly box office bulletin and began to browse quickly.

"Last weekend, three new films squeezed into the top five of the North American box office charts, but none of them posed any threat to Spider-Man, and finally the superhero film produced by Sony Columbia Pictures and released it collected another $71.12 million, easily resisting the opening of the new film, and once again won the weekend box office crown; The film has a cumulative score of $221.56 million in 10 days......"

After a brief glance at the news about the box office winner, Carla Firth began to browse through the lines until she saw the news related to "Planet of Terror".

"Miramax's alternative zombie film 'Planet of Terror' was the small winner this weekend, and the low-budget B-movie opened to beat expectations, beating another small-budget film, "The Secret of the Holy Sisterhood," and the North American box office has already exceeded its production cost line in its opening weekend.

The film's director, Murphy Stanton, had a horror film like "Saw Horror" last year, and this year's "Planet of Terror" received $15.7 million in the first week of release, which nearly doubled the cost line, once again proving his ability in genre films. At the same time, this film also beat the highly anticipated "007: Die Again", becoming the best word-of-mouth among several new films this week. ”

"More than 58 percent of the audience in this film is over the age of 25, and in terms of gender, the number of male viewers accounts for nearly 75 percent. The film's cinemasore rating is 'B', and the film's media reviews are mostly positive, with 81 percent of the 45 media outlets included on the Rotten Tomatoes website giving the film a positive rating, with an average score of 7.8. The authoritative media Metac daily ti included 36 media scores, with an average score of 72 points, far exceeding the passing line! ”

In addition, Richard Chris, a special film critic for the magazine, believes that this film is very cliché, but director Murphy Stanton knows how to create a sense of tension in this genre, as well as show the suspenseful and suffocating atmosphere in multiple layers, and bring a lot of cool action shots......"

Seeing this, Carla Firth put down the magazine, as if she had read the eyebrow media reviews were good, should you also take a look?

Thinking of this, she shook her head, forget it, this kind of large-scale film is not her thing, "Chainsaw" still has a shadow.

Cleaning up her desk, Carla Firth picked up the phone and dialed a number.

Hearing a familiar voice over there, she said, "It's me, Kara." Murphy, is it still in Los Angeles? It's nothing important, it's just that I haven't seen each other for a long time, so let's eat together in the evening, right? Okay, you come to Beverly Hills, at 7 p.m., I'll be waiting for you at Mr. Zhou's restaurant, and I'll treat you to Chinese food. ”

On Monday morning, Erica Steinberg led Murphy and other major crew members to Orange County to participate in a live interactive meeting in a theater, but he, the director, is not conspicuous, nor is he the center of publicity, there is not much work to be done, and the whole event is the same as before, and the most showy is Robert Downey Jr.

As soon as the afternoon activity was over, Murphy drove his Cadillac back to Los Angeles, and at about half past six, he came to Beverly Hills, and soon found Mr. Zhou's restaurant.

After parking the car and walking into the restaurant, Murphy asked the waiter at the door, "Which table does Carla Firth ********?" ”

"Miss Faith has arrived."

The waiter led Murphy to the left, near the glass window, and Murphy saw Kara Firth from a long distance, dressed in a form-fitting professional dress, still with delicate makeup on her face, holding a magazine and reading it, as if she hadn't noticed him.

"How long have you been?"

Murphy walked across from her, pulled out a chair and sat down, Kara Firth put down the magazine, "It's been ten minutes." ”

She picked up the recipe and pushed it to Murphy, "Order, I'm in for a treat." ”

"Did you order it?" Seeing her nod, Murphy opened the recipe and said unceremoniously, "I'm going to pick the most expensive one." ”

"No problem." Carla Firth shrugged, "Next time you're in for a treat, we're going to eat golden caviar." ”

After choosing a few dishes at random, Murphy beckoned to the waiter, said a few words to him, closed the recipe, turned back, and asked, "Golden caviar?" What is it? ”

"Caviar with gold leaf." Carla Firth was clearly joking, "It's expensive food anyway." ”

She raised an eyebrow, "But this expense is not as difficult as a multi-millionaire like you, right?" ”

Murphy spread his hands, "It doesn't matter what you eat, as long as you want." ”

He squeezed his eyes, "Why don't you do that, I'll order you a cake that will be grilled by dollars." ”

Carla Firth rewarded him with a pair of eyeballs, and Murphy smiled, if it was all a joke, he wouldn't do that even if he had a lot of money on his books now.

It's June 2002 now, and as early as February, Fox Searchlight paid the North American box office share of "Saw Horror" in accordance with the agreement, and there was also a fee for the sale of overseas copyrights, and Stanton Studios did have almost 10 million dollars on its books.

But this part of the money will not stay on the books of Stanton Studios for long, the sequel to "Saw Horror" has been established, as the owner of most of the copyright of the film, Murphy is also ready to invest another amount of money in the sequel, he still has some confidence in this series.

Like most B-grade films, the box office behind "Chainsaw" is not particularly impressive, but it has been selling well in the videotape and DVD markets, and it is definitely a long-term source of income.

And on his recommendation, a young Chinese man named James Wing became the director of the sequel.

In Murphy's heart, he also has more confidence in the sequel.

"According to you," the two chatted while eating after the food was served, and the topic also turned to the market around the movie, ""Chainsaw and Horror Planet still have a lot to offer in the DVD rental and sales market in the future?" ”

"I think so." Murphy always felt a little awkward eating Chinese food with a knife and fork, but he didn't say anything, "The North American box office of "Horror Planet" cannot be compared to "Chainsaw", but in the next five to eight years, the value of creating zào in the surrounding market will definitely exceed the North American box office that can be obtained." ”

At this point, Murphy suddenly asked, "Have you ever thought about moving to the film industry?" ”

Carla Firth shook her head, "Not at the moment. ”

Murphy just asked casually, and then irresponsibly raised the question, "I think it's not bad for you to go to the film department of Twentieth Century Fox, with your current ability and qualifications, it is very easy to become an executive, and then you can invest in my new film, and it doesn't take much, just invest $100 million in one piece." ”

"Then I'll be fired soon, right?"

It seems that the food is not appetizing, Carla Firth only ate a little, and then put down the knife and fork, "Invest hundreds of millions of dollars to make B-grade movies, it is estimated that the whole of Hollywood will go crazy." ”

"Who says all the films I make are B-grade movies?" Murphy's eyes narrowed.

Carla Firth shrugged, "Isn't it?" ”

Murphy scratched his head, thinking about his plan, and had to sigh.

He was just about to say something more when Carla Fez's cell phone rang, she picked it up and said a few words, took her handbag and hurriedly stood up, "There's breaking news in the station, I should go back." ”

Halfway through the dinner and had to end, Murphy put down his knife and fork, picked up a napkin and wiped his mouth, "Do you want me to send it to you?" ”

"I came by car." Carla Firth pulled the car keys out of her purse.

Murphy waved his hand at her, "You hurry back." ”

Carla Firth was also polite, "Remember to pay, I'll ask you next time." ”

Probably things were really urgent, she left in a hurry, Murphy paid the bill, also went out of Mr. Zhou's restaurant, got on her own Cadillac, and prepared to return to Santa Monica.

Tomorrow, he has to get up early to catch a plane with the crew to go to the field to promote, and since Carla Firth is gone, he doesn't want to stay here, so he simply returns to Santa Monica's home early.

Thinking of Carla Firth, Murphy admires it a little, this is completely a career-oriented strong woman, and it seems that work is always at the forefront.

Perhaps such a talent is most appreciated by his superiors, otherwise Carla Firth would not have become an executive of Fox TV at such a young age.

Early the next morning, Murphy rushed to Los Angeles International Airport, joined the rest of the crew, and embarked on a promotional tour of North America together.

However, this journey is short, because the theatrical life of B-grade films is never long. (To be continued.) )