"Your Excellency, can you talk about the recent scandal of Catholicism reported in the newspapers as true?"

"What do you think of the investigation report released by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child?"

"Your Excellency, are you a Catholic priest who has shielded child abuse?"

As soon as the morning sun climbed into the sky, countless reporters blocked the car of Archbishop Márquez Costello in front of the office building, asking questions frantically to His Excellency the Archbishop who had just gotten out of the car. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Several young pastors and church staff tightly surrounded Archbishop Márquez-Costello in the middle, isolating all the reporters from the outside, but this could not stop the reporters' questions, let alone the sound of those sharp questions.

"Your Excellency, you have always kept silent, have you acquiesced?"

Journalists don't care about the identity of Archbishop Márquez-Costello, they want news, and if there is no news, they have to make news!

"Are you weak about what you did back then?"

When these words reached Archbishop Márquez Costello, it was unusually harsh, and his face turned even bluer.

"Your Excellency, Archbishop!"

An even more shrill voice sounded, "You've been criticizing Murphy Stanton and his films for lacking the most basic sense of social responsibility, please touch your conscience and speak, do you have a sense of social responsibility for what you have done in the past?" ”

Hearing this, Archbishop Márquez-Costello unconsciously stopped his slow forward steps, held back the anger in his heart, and glanced over there.

It was a blonde female reporter who didn't seem to be afraid of his gaze and asked, "Is that what you call a moral code when you treat yourself and how you treat others?" ”

Archbishop Márquez-Costello stopped completely, looked around, perhaps because of the coercion that comes with being an archbishop, and the chaotic reporters around him unconsciously quieted down.

Waiting for the utter silence in front of the office building, Archbishop Márquez-Costello said slowly, "The newspaper reports about Catholicism are false, ridiculous and lack of evidence. ”

"What about the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child's investigation?" A male reporter asked in a loud voice.

"They may have been hoodwinked, and I regret the UN report." Archbishop Márquez-Costello gradually controlled his emotions, "The United Nations is acting on suspicion of unauthorized interference in the internal affairs of the Church, and the Catholic Church and the Vatican have been committed to protecting the rights and interests of children!" ”

With that, Archbishop Márquez-Costello, escorted by the people around him, walked into the office building.

Then, as he did every day before, he would first look at the newspaper to keep an eye on the latest changes in current events.

Archbishop Márquez-Costello opened the newspaper and saw almost all the news related to the Catholic scandal.

"Reveal why Catholicism has repeatedly broken into ** scandals!"

"The Catholic ** scandal, the Vatican can no longer avoid it!"

"It is recognized within the Catholic Church in the United States that there are more than 5,000 clergy in the United States******** similar news makes Archbishop Márquez Costello turn one head into two big, obviously three days ago the media was overwhelmingly accusing Murphy Stanton and Hollywood movies, but now they have frantically joined the ranks of exposing the Catholic scandal.

These bastards who see the wind and rudder the rudder! He cursed angrily in his heart.

Archbishop Márquez-Costello sat in his chair with a sad look on his face, and although he had previously denied it strenuously, he knew that the media reports might be exaggerated, but they were basically true.

Why all of a sudden? Archbishop Márquez Costello was a little puzzled, there was originally such news circulating in a sporadic manner, such as when "Diego Rose" was released, but as the film won the Oscar for Best Picture, the related news quickly subsided, and in the past two years, no similar news has been widely reported.

This time, there was a massive eruption without warning......

Archbishop Márquez Costello pondered for a few minutes, and gradually thought of one man - Murphy Stanton!

He couldn't think of anyone else but Murphy Stanton who would do this, after all, it was going to conflict with the Catholic Church!

Thinking of this, Archbishop Márquez Costello suddenly understood that Murphy Stanton, in the face of strong pressure from his side, did not give much riposte in terms of films, but chose to attack the weakest point of Catholicism......

This was completely unexpected, and it also caught the entire Diocese of South-Central California off guard.

In the days that followed, all kinds of news unfavorable to the Catholic Church, especially Archbishop Márquez Costello himself, were constantly exposed by the media, and the Diocese of South-Central California was exhausted, busy fighting fires and dealing with the media, completely reversed the situation of Murphy, and for a time did not have the energy to plan against Murphy and Hollywood movies.

Even, the Vatican is paying attention, Benedict XVI personally called Archbishop Márquez Costello, no longer the laughter and laughter of the previous step by step approaching Hollywood movies, and the cold reprimand made Archbishop Márquez-Costello sweat.

To be precise, the U.S. media's extensive coverage of the Catholic scandal has made the Vatican very angry.

On the one hand, the media reports do not simply expose and criticize the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy, but point the finger at the way the Vatican has handled these scandals, accusing the Holy See of shielding clergy. On the other hand, various unfavorable news further targets the Catholic position on sexual orientation, reproductive health, and gender equality, and criticizes the specific policies of the Catholic Church on homosexuality, contraception, and abortion, such as raising the existence of gender-related stereotypes in Catholic school textbooks, and putting pressure on the Vatican!

In the past, there were bits and pieces of this kind of reports all over the United States, but this time Hollywood's joint action connected these bits and pieces of stories, as if blowing up the roof of Catholicism.

Without the power of Catholicism from behind, the North American entertainment film market, which has been stormy since the end of June, has gradually returned to quiet, especially the focus of the entertainment media, more back to celebrity gossip and their works.

Especially Murphy's fans, regardless of any criticism and reports such as social responsibility, continue to support their favorite directors.

On the Internet, they have shown their support for Murphy in various ways, and a fan group in Los Angeles has spontaneously launched a campaign through social platforms - Murphy Stanton's 12 years in the film industry, to celebrate the movie time we spent together.

The event sparked a strong response from Murphy's supporters, with countless fans leaving messages on the event through social platforms.

"What does Murphy's film mean for your life? If someone asks me this question, my answer is that I don't know why I love Murphy's movies, but I just love it! ”

This is an average movie fan from Texas, and he's the kind of movie fan I can't say is good, but I just like it.

Another fan in Los Angeles wrote, "Murphy's films are my lifelong companions, they remember the past and the future, and I live with them in the present, I love Murphy Stanton!" I love his film noir! I love this movie! ”

There are also crazy Murphy fans on the East Coast of the United States, and a fan in New York left a message, "Every time Murphy's movie is released in theaters, when I walk into the theater and sit in the seat, I can feel like I have entered a new world; When the lights came on the screen, I knew it was a journey for me and Murphy Stanton. There, I can forget the boredom and troubles in reality, explore freely, laugh unemotionally, and feel only excitement and happiness! ”

Murphy's fans live in this world in various forms, and often only encounter Murphy's films to reveal their true identity, "I remember history, beliefs, attitudes, desires and dreams in one thing, and that is Murphy Stanton's film noir, and I thank his films for appearing in my life and bringing more value to my shallow life." ”

"Human life is short, so there are many regrets, and the charm of Murphy's movies is to let you experience a different life in this short period of time, and make up for the beauty lost in your heart."

Thanks to the efforts of these fans, "Dark City" continues to be shown in theaters across North America, even if it has dropped to less than 1,000 theaters, it is still appearing tenaciously across the country.

For a popular director like Murphy, the support of fans can be called the greatest relief.

By mid-August, the film had been screened in North American theaters for almost four months, and the North American box office was still slowly rising with the support of fans, accumulating to $728.51 million, continuing to advance towards the North American box office record of "Avatar"!

Overseas, theaters in more than 140 countries and regions have screened the film "Dark City", and the overseas box office has more than doubled the North American box office.

"Dark City" grossed $2,316.87 million worldwide!

"There won't be much change at the box office."

In his office at the Death Star Tower, Murphy said to Bill Rothes, "Our focus can be shifted. ”

Since the release of this film, the North American box office will increase by another $10 million to $20 million at most, and the overseas box office will increase by another $120 million to $150 million.

Bill Rothes understood what Murphy meant, "Is it awards season?" ”

"Hmm." Murphy nodded, "This awards season is highly competitive, and the situation is a bit against us. ”

"These disadvantages are also favorable conditions in some ways."

Bill Rothes and Murphy smiled knowingly and asked, "What awards are you going to apply for nominations?" ”