Percy sat in the passenger seat, the narrow space made him a little unable to exert himself, tossed for a while, he simply raised his legs a little, put the notebook directly on his lap, quickly recorded a series of things, and then carefully reconfirmed it from the beginning, then nodded slightly, turned back to Lance who was sitting in the back row and said, "The interview time for the 'New Yorker' has been set, and it will be held in the hotel room at two o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow; Entertainment Weekly's telephone interview was scheduled for this evening, and the exact time was up to us, and George called to say that dinner had been booked for tomorrow, 'Jean-Gees', at 8:30 p.m. ”

Lance didn't reply, just looked out the window at the gloomy and cold sky, this is typical New York, compared to Los Angeles, which has no characteristics of the sun all year round, the seasons in New York are really too distinct, and too profound, so that every time you are in it, you can awaken different memories in your mind.

After Percy finished speaking, he was not in a hurry, but waited quietly, his eyes staying motionless on Lance. After a while, Lance nodded and replied, "I know", but his eyes were still looking at the gray steel forest outside the car window. This made Percy couldn't help but look back out the window, and the large area of gray-blue made him shiver.

Retracting his gaze, Percy suddenly remembered, "By the way, Robert Iger just called, and he asked how long you will stay in New York this time, I wonder if you would be interested in meeting once?" ”

This sentence finally made Lance turn his head and frown slightly, "Disney's Robert Iger?" ”

Now Robert is already the chief operating officer of Disney, second only to Michael Eisner's second-in-command, and his status is transcendent. When Lance was planning "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Troy", he met Robert several times because of the relationship between "King Arthur" and "The Legend of Narnia", but the two barely talked to each other individually, after all, the level gap was too big.

Percy nodded in the affirmative, but it made Lance even more confused - there weren't any potential collaborations between him and Disney, and all his attention had been on Sin City lately, and nothing else had happened. So, what is it that can mobilize Robert to come out?

"Maybe they have a piece of work that they want to work with you?" Percy gave the most reasonable guess, and the fastest rising rookie director at the moment, Lance is undoubtedly one of the most cost-effective options.

It used to be Lance who came to the door, but now the situation is changing subtly. Lance nodded, "You call him back and say I'll be here until the weekend." ”

"Maybe they're working on a big project and want you to direct it." Percy speculated with some excitement, and the driver, who was concentrating on driving, couldn't help but glance sideways—how could the assistant gentleman, who had always seemed so cold, suddenly become so lively now, "Or maybe they want you to star in a production." After all, the success of this 'borrowing a knife to kill' is obvious to all, and we have brutally abused the 'Twelve Arhats'! ”

Lance chuckled, "It's just the first week. ”

Percy didn't hear clearly, and looked at Lance and asked, "What?" ”

"I said, it's just the first week." Lance said lightly, without attaching too much emotion, not getting carried away with the victory in the first week, and not celebrating with the slump of his opponents, "The next showtime is still very long, and I can't say for sure." ”

If Lance's memory is not wrong, the box office table of "Ocean's Twelve" is indeed inferior to its predecessor, but the cumulative box office is higher than that of "Killing with a Knife". Of course, this is already a matter of the previous life, and this time things are completely different, but he still can't take it lightly.

"Is it necessary to be so cautious?" Percy was stunned, carefully scrutinizing every detail of Lance's expression.

Lance pursed the corners of his lips, "The box office of 'Ocean's Eleven' in the first week is also about this number, which shows that 'Ocean's Eleven' at least did not collapse; ”

The box office of "National Treasure" in its opening weekend was even worse than that of "Ocean's Twelve", and the film's media review was only 39 percent, Rotten Tomatoes' freshness was only 44 percent, and the popcorn index was a good 76 percent.

Therefore, the situation of the "Twelve Oceans" is indeed very bad, but it is far from the moment of collapse. It's not that Lance is too arrogant, but he clearly knows that arrogance and blindness will only lead him into a quagmire - isn't Ryan and George's underestimation of Lance the direct cause of the current situation?

Percy thought about it carefully, and her flamboyant expression slowly settled. Indeed, the final winner is far from decided, and the competition for the next week's box office decline will become more and more fierce, and it is conceivable that this week's publicity showdown will play a crucial role. "Killing with a knife" now holds a good hand, but the wrong decision is likely to lead to a loss of the whole game.

"That's why you decided to join this week's campaign?" Percy asked curiously.

Recently, the preparations for "Sin City" are nearing completion, and last week's script practice was satisfactory and ready for filming, but Lance temporarily put down his work and put it into publicity, which reminds people of this summer vacation - when the "Day After Tomorrow" crew was promoting, but Lance was engaged in the filming of "Killing with a Knife", and this time Lance made a completely different decision.

He shook his head slightly, a smile on the corner of his mouth, "No." Lance replied, "It's because when I signed the actor's contract, I was asked to attend certain promotional events, and that's the price." ”

In the work "Killing with a Knife", Lance is a producer, director, actor and screenwriter, so he did not sign an actor contract separately, nor did he receive an actor's salary, but received remuneration in the form of box office dividends. The 35% North American box office dividend seems to take advantage of Lance, but in fact it is still Paramount who takes the lion's share - and deducts the salaries of actors and screenwriters, which also means that Lance bears all the risks.

If "Murder with a Knife" hits the streets like "Alexander the Great", Lance will only receive less than 10 million at most - this includes the remuneration of producers, directors, actors and screenwriters, as well as the return on Chaos Pictures' investment in the film. In other words, it may be that Lance not only has no income, but also has a bunch of debts.

Not only that, but within the contract, Paramount also stipulated a series of tasks for Lance, including that Lance must participate in the promotion of the film. Paramount, as one of the six major Hollywood companies, and a veteran top company, will naturally not suffer.

This time, Lance made a special trip to New York, where he will launch a five-day promotion, and today is only the first day, the first itinerary is to record the "Tonight Show" hosted by Jay Reno.

As he spoke, the car arrived at its destination.

The screams of "Ahhhh

Lance had seen the madness of fans at the premiere, but objectively speaking, it was far less impactful than today. All the fans rushed towards the car like a tidal wave, and the strong impact made the car start to shake slightly, and the boiling enthusiasm seemed to ignite the cold air of New York, rubbing sporadic sparks and wafting under the wings of the nose.

Never before, Lance felt the difference between working behind the scenes and the people in front of him. It's no wonder that many screenwriters always complain that the work they put in is so important that they can't be recognized by the public, and even the pay is far less than other positions. At this moment, the real feeling of being an "actor" climbed up to the heart with the blood, and contracted cold and excitedly.

The security guard opened the door, and Lance paused for half a second before stepping out of the car.

When the fans around him saw that it was Lance, the cooing heat calmed down a little, and they could even directly feel the disappointment between their eyebrows, the huge gap between the two heavens of ice and fire made Lance's brain a little unable to turn for a while, even if the third life was a human, many things were still unfamiliar to him, the idea in his mind was one thing, and the real face was another, there was no way to be self-taught.

But it was only for a moment, and then the fans began to shout again, "Lance! Look here! "Lance, you're so handsome! "I love you, Master Strello! ”…… The shouts came and went, making the ears start to buzz, but there was a lack of the bursting sensation and impact that rushed into the sky just now.

Lance cleaned up his feelings, and under the escort of the security guards and Percy, he quickly entered the hall on the first floor. The surging crowd followed Lance's footsteps, but without causing much trouble and without following him, allowing Lance to break away from the crowd and enter the glass revolving door.

He stopped and looked back, and his vision and thoughts gradually became clearer, and then Lance saw the contents of the support cards, "Tom Cruise, marry me", "Forever male god, Cruise", "You're hopelessly handsome, Tom...... In the middle, you can vaguely see a few signs that stand out from the rest, with a large headshot of Lance posted on it, with the words "Lancelot, I'm crazy for you", but in a large picture of Tom, it is really not obvious.

At this time, Lance finally understood what was going on, and the slight strangeness in his heart made him feel a little ridiculous, a little ashamed, and a little funny, and the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't help but bloom, unrestrained, unscrupulous, and hearty. (To be continued.) )