Chapter 99: Shattering Illusions

New Line holds a small press conference every week to inform the media of the recent box office figures of "Two Smoking Guns", and in the first two weeks, when everyone paid a lot of attention to the box office, this small conference room was almost crowded with reporters, but as the topic cooled, the 50-person venue was now only a few people at a glance, and the attendance rate was less than half.

"This is the box office situation of several films released by New Line Company last week, is there anything else you want to ask?" Edward, the spokesman of the new line company, looked at the reporters who were almost unresponsive in the audience, and sighed secretly in his heart.

If nothing else, this will be the last time he will sit here answering reporters' questions, and the first time he walks into this room, he will be pointed at by flashing lights and cameras, and it is a far cry from what he is now.

Just as Edward was about to announce the end of the press conference, a staff member trotted in at the door, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Are you sure?" Edward glanced sideways at the staff member who had brought the news, and his eyes lit up immediately after receiving confirmation from the other party.

He turned his head and excitedly announced to the reporters in the audience: "Ladies and gentlemen, this press conference may be extended by a few minutes, because I have just been notified that Mr. Rhett, the agent of Director Locke, who everyone is very concerned about, will be here soon, and he has important news to announce to everyone." ”

The reporters in the audience were surprised at first, and then took out their mobile phones to contact the supervisor behind them in order to get more comprehensive information.

Soon everyone confirmed one thing, Leett's sudden appearance at the press conference of New Line this time, more than 90% of which was probably due to the raging lawsuit between Jude and Sharon Stone, which is big news.

The reporters who originally thought that it was a waste of everyone's time for the new line company to hold this press conference all cheered up, seized the advantageous position in the front row, and set up long guns and short guns to prepare for the arrival of Lee.

Edward, who was sitting in the middle of the podium, was reminded of the first time he walked into the room, with flashing lights and the sound of the shutter clicking almost in unison.

It wasn't until Leete sat down that the reporters across from him put down their cameras and waited for the press conference to restart.

"Thank you very much for providing me with such an opportunity to meet with you, and I am sure everyone here has already guessed why I am here, yes, I am here to inform you about the recent developments in the dispute between Jude and Assistant Sharon Stone, and to clarify a few small issues by the way."

As soon as the words fell, several reporters on the opposite side immediately raised their hands to signal that they wanted to ask questions.

Li Te pressed his hand and signaled everyone not to worry.

"Regarding the cause of the dispute, I have explained enough in an interview with the media earlier, and there will be no change in our decision to sue the other party, but in response to the statement issued by Miss Sharon Stone's agent some time ago, Jude and I are very puzzled, and the object of our lawsuit is only Miss Sharon Stone's former assistant, please note that it is a former assistant, because on the day of the incident, Miss Sharon Stone's agent had already announced the dismissal of this assistant, So this matter has actually nothing to do with Miss Sharon Stone, and the obvious fact is that we didn't have the idea of suing her in the first place, who is she going to fight with if she has a lawyer? ”

Such a sudden turn of events made all the reporters in the audience stunned all of a sudden.

There was silence in the room for a few seconds, and then a reporter stood up without consent.

"What does Mr. Ritter mean is that Sharon Stone is using this to hype?"

"I haven't said that, but I've heard that a movie starring Miss Sharon Stone is coming out recently, and I'm here to wish her a box office hit."

The reporters in the audience are not stupid, although Litt did not directly say the name of the movie, but in fact, everyone knows in their hearts, and they don't know if Sharon Si will feel like being stabbed from behind after notifying about this incident.

The key is that she took the initiative to expose this back, and she can't blame others for being stabbed.

Of course, if you think about it from another angle, the knife that Jude stabbed here is indeed ruthless enough, which happens to be in Sharon Stone's new film "Deadly Fast. On the eve of the release of "Sense", it was not easy to re-hype up the topic, but in the end it ended in such a very disgraceful way, if there was only a little skirmish between the two sides at the beginning, then now the contradiction has risen to the point of mutual hatred.

In the whole thing, Sharon Stone only played the image of an unlucky person, first because of the stupidity of the assistant was inexplicably involved in this matter, although Jude has always emphasized that it is only Sharon Stone's assistant who is being prosecuted, and Sharon Stone is also the first to dissociate himself from this matter, but the media and the public will not think so, everyone only knows that Jude wants to sue Sharon Stone's assistant, as for whether this matter has anything to do with Sharon Stone or not, no one has anything to do with it at all.

What the media needs is news that can attract attention, and the public who are in a lively mood will only pay attention to the "truth of the matter" they want to see, all of which determine the tragedy of Sharon Stone.

Leete's statement shattered this beautiful soap bubble in one fell swoop, and Jude's lawsuit dispute with an ordinary person is not worth the media's continued attention at all.

Sharon Stone, who heard the news, was stunned, and the agent who gave her the idea ripped off her tie angrily and walked back and forth in the room with her hands on her hips after angrily calling Ritt for questioning but being pushed back.

Sharon Stone came back to her senses and looked helplessly at her agent.

"What are we going to do now?"

"Jude and his bastard agent have completely used us as a pedal to their fame, kicking us off when we use them, and we have to teach them a lesson that we're not that easy to mess with!" Sharon Stone's agent hasn't been completely carried away by the anger yet, and has already begun to plan a counterattack.

"Last time, you said you wanted to teach them a lesson, but you were slapped in the face by the other party." Sharon Stone couldn't help but sarcastic.

"This incident was my mistake, but I swear that the same thing will not happen again, so I will call Mr. Morris and ask to ban Jude Locke, no artist under the WMA (William Morris Agency) is allowed to work with him, and see how he mixes up in the future!" Sharon Stone's agent replied through gritted teeth.