Javier Ulliel supported his chin with his right hand, his brain was a little distracted, and he kept thinking back to the interview with the "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" Golden Triangle not long ago, but the details of the interview were blurred, and he just saw the picture of the three people talking and laughing and smiling, "Javier? Javier! A slightly helpless voice interrupted Javier's thoughts, his focus quickly refocused, and he subconsciously searched around, and then saw the slightly helpless eyes of the editor-in-chief Bill-Caleb across the desk, "I know it's not an easy task, but believe me, I don't want to do it either." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Javier's train of thought did not turn for a while, unable to keep up with the pace of Bill's conversation, and his eyes fell on the "New York Times" on his desk, which was yesterday's newspaper, and the front page headline was very eye-catching, "A new record is born: 135 million!" The subtitle is "'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' Leads the North American Film Market to Ride the Wind and Waves", which is not only reporting on the box office breakthrough of the North American opening weekend, but also elevates "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to the level of a history writer.

Obviously, the New York Times believes that after "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", the potential of the North American film market will enter a new stage, just as "Spider-Man" was born four years ago.

As we all know, "Spider-Man" is considered a watershed of the times, and now "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is put in the same class. This shows how seriously the New York Times attaches importance to this record-breaking. Even the "New York Times" has already expressed its position, not to mention other media, in just 48 hours, more than 300 media across the United States have reported on it, which has completely detonated the enthusiasm of this year's summer file, and the previously suppressed emotions have finally found a channel for catharsis.

"Javier!" Bill shouted again angrily, picked up the newspaper on the table and put it down heavily, and Javier came back to his senses completely, raised his left hand and waved it lightly, expressing his apologies, "I know what you mean, but Bill, are things really that bad?" ”

"You know I didn't mean that......" Bill sighed softly, trying to explain, but was interrupted by Javier, "and you know I didn't mean that." Bill couldn't help but choke, and Javier continued, "I know, be prepared to do both, this is to grab time, grab the headlines, it's not for anyone, it's just for the newspaper, but this approach itself is already a sign of lack of confidence, are you sure that the 'Fury Road' will fail miserably at the box office?" Even we did, let alone other newspapers? I don't understand, but it's just that the premiere box office of 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' exploded, is there no hope for 'Fury Road'? That's not how the summer film market works. ”

For the news industry, time is the most precious, newspapers are printed every night and published the next morning, and it is naturally great to be able to prepare the news in advance before the deadline, but the reality is often that there is no way, and many events are sudden and unexpected. Therefore, for a big event like the Super Bowl, major newspapers will be prepared with both hands, write victories and defeats in advance, and wait for the results to be released, and then publish them directly as soon as possible.

Beal asked Javier to do the same and write a pros and cons for the next week's summer showdown.

But the box office battle in the summer file is not so simple, the showdown between "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "Fury Road" has many possible results: "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" crushed the "Fury Road" premiere box office in the second week, and the "Fury Road" premiere box office explosion caused the next week of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to dive, and the "Fury Road" premiere box office performance was not good and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was a fraction of a millimeter different, resulting in the weekend box office champion not being able to arrange according to the predicted numbers and having to wait for real-time data to be released, Or maybe the box office performance of both works this week is extremely bad, continuing the sluggish summer season this year......

It can be said that there may be a variety of situations in the box office trend of the two works, and the duel and staggering between each other can also lead to a variety of outcomes, which is almost impossible to prepare "in advance".

Now, Bill wants Javier to write two manuscripts in advance, one for the box office explosion of the premiere of "Fury Road", and the other for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to crush "Fury Road". But in fact, the core meaning is that there is not enough confidence in the "Fury Road", because Bill knows that Javier has a special friendship with Lance, and Javier is always sure that the "Fury Road" will be successful, even if Bill does not ask for it, Javier will definitely write the first article in advance. This is tantamount to saying that Bill is asking Javier to prepare for the failure of the "berserk road".

This is the reason why Javier expressed his displeasure at this time.

The box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" premiere was shocking, breaking the historical record of "Spider-Man" with an absolutely strong attitude, and increasing the proportion by nearly 20 million, which is indeed incredible, but just in this case, the box office prospects of "Fury Road" began to decline all the way, and it can even be said that it plummeted.

Almost all industry insiders believe that the chaos in the first two months of the summer file is to accumulate strength for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", and even "Superman Returns" has fallen victim - Warner Bros. has also become the biggest loser in this year's summer file, not to mention "Fury Road"? Originally, the box office of "Fury Road" was not optimistic, and now the unfavorable factors are even more clearly visible, no one believes that under the crushing of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", "Fury Road" can find life, even the slightest is extremely difficult.

Javier was honestly unhappy.

Lance is no longer a nobody, he has firmly established himself in Hollywood, and the past three consecutive Oscar victories and directorial works have not failed, which has proven Lance's ability, if not the top director, but enough to lead the first-line directors. But the news media still have no confidence in Lance, and even people in the industry have always refused to be optimistic about Lance, in addition to Lance's own arrogant and arrogant personality, the most important thing is because of Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, Disney's blockade of Lance -

Now that the propaganda tactics of the "berserk road" are boiling, there is no way for them to stop it; Then they knocked on the side to cool down the movie and quietly divert the audience's attention. After the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", almost all the news focused on the historical record of the production, and "Fury Road", which will premiere next week, has all but been forgotten.

Bill knew that Javier and Lance had a very close personal relationship and an unusual relationship, so he patiently said, "Let me say this, 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' fell for the second week...... Even if it's 50 percent, maybe higher, maybe lower, but let's take it as 50 percent, which means that the movie will make 65 million at the box office the next week - the numbers will not be investigated. So, what is your predicted 'Fury Road' premiere box office? ”

Javier was silent, although he was confident in the "berserk road", but he was not a blind madman, the New York Times predicted that the premiere figure was sixty million, and that article was written by him.

"Believe me, more than anyone else, I want to see Lance's work succeed and teach the West Coast idiots who don't have any talent and are full of alcohol and *** a hard lesson. But, that's the reality. Bill leaned forward slightly, leaning against the edge of his desk, "When Lance chose 'Fury Road,' he knew what he was facing, he was a smart man, much smarter than you and me, but even Albert Einstein couldn't predict where the box office would go." ”

Sixty million, that's just the hope of the New York Times. But the reality is that this prediction is a conclusion after stripping away the surrounding distractions, and now the premiere box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has exploded a new record in history, which means that it will bring more pressure on subsequent releases, and the box office forecast of "Fury Road" will naturally need to go lower, so it is very likely that the premiere weekend will not even reach 60 million, or even .......

Javier raised his head and tried to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he found that his brain was blank for a moment, and he blurted out, "What if the premiere box office of 'Fury Road' also exceeded 100 million?" ”

Bill shrugged, "That's our." Bill chuckled, "We're going to give those West Bank money moths a hard blow." Hey, we're talking about Lancelot, that unpredictable guy, although Chaos Pictures doesn't make any moves now, but it is estimated that Lance has long been prepared for such a situation, so let's wait and see. Bill's expression also looked very relaxed, which made Javier laugh dumbly, "However, we still have to be prepared here, after the box office fiasco, you have to write in advance, and the perspective needs to be fresh, we need to grab time on the Internet." ”

Javier had actually been persuaded by Bill, but the emotional perspective was still a little unacceptable, Bill clenched his right hand into a fist and tapped lightly on the desk, "This is the reality. Javier, we're journalists, it's our job. ”

With a long exhale, Javier nodded sullenly, got up and left the office, and opened the office door, Javier thought of something again and stopped, "So, is the box office record of 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' really amazing?" "After all, his understanding of Hollywood is still not that deep, is 135 million really that glorious?

Bill thought about it for a moment, "Just five years ago, this achievement would have been unimaginable. It's like, if you imagine now, a movie that swept $200 million in three days over the weekend, that's a truth. ”

Javier chuckled, "Well, that's pretty powerful. After a pause, he added, "However, the script was written by Lance, and if I remember correctly, Lance has a dividend." So...... This is a good result. With that, Javier closed the door to his office and left. (To be continued.) ) to find this site" or enter the URL: