"What the hell is going on?" Jon muttered a little frantically, causing the classmates sitting next to her to look at her dissatisfied, she quickly smiled at the other party apologetically, and then continued typing on the keyboard, "It's been three days, even if the critics haven't moved, but what about Charles?" How did he disappear too? ”

As the owner of the forum, and also a person who attended the "Iron Man" test screening, Jon and Charles quickly got on the same page, and the relationship is relatively close among netizens, she knew from the beginning that Charles got a ticket for the "Monroe" test screening, and envied it for a long time, if it wasn't for the fact that she was taking the exam on the day of the test screening, Jon wanted to be cheeky and ask Charles to get her a ticket too, and she didn't hesitate to fly to Los Angeles for a sneak peek. Even if she couldn't make the trip, she had already told Charles to let him repo her movie as soon as possible, and tell her about the quality of the script without violating the non-disclosure agreement - of course, if he himself was willing to break the non-disclosure agreement slightly, Jon would never mind.

When the preview began, Jon was taking the exam and didn't interrogate Charles for the first time, however, when she didn't hear from Charles until the evening, Jon knew that something was wrong, Charles liked to show off like all otaku, and according to her understanding of him, he should have contacted her as soon as possible, proudly whetting her appetite, and at the same time sending out an illustrated postscript in the forum, teasing everyone, and reaping a round of envy. In the fan forum, there is also a lucky netizen who was selected to watch the movie, in order to grab the first release with him, Charles will definitely do whatever it takes: the first fan comment post for the first time is very likely to be quoted into the report by the media, which is of course a big honor for fans, and it will also become their capital, if this happens repeatedly, if the agency has an impression of the fan himself, he may get some unexpected convenience, even if it is not, Charles is likely to accumulate resources because of this, Get noticed and embark on the road to film critics.

But Charles didn't post that night, and he didn't post the next day, there were already two or three posts in the forum that returned the report, but the poster obviously didn't have as much vanity as Charles, and belonged to a more self-high type of fan, just said a few words in general, J.J is beautiful, and the quality of the film is very good - any fan will say these words, which can't make people satisfied and reassured at all, but only make people feel deeper frustration and anxiety, and Charles, who Jon expected to jump out and show off, has never been seen, Jon couldn't even calm down during exam week.

"Where the hell did he go?" After checking Charles' k-status for the 10,000th time and leaving him a comment on Google+, Jon cut into the group chat and said frantically, "He couldn't have been in a car accident - I even started checking the news about the recent car crash in Los Angeles, and I'm supposed to be reviewing my mass communication studies right now!" ”

"You should give him a call." In the group chat, there were quite a few people who wanted to see specific repo, and they were the most active in persuading Jon, "Just in case, you know, a lot of geeks died in their homes after a long time before they were discovered." ”

"Oh, that's horrible when you say that!" Jon frowned, she knew everyone's purpose, but she was still a little hesitant - she and Charles held each other's phones, but it was because the preview screening would draw the audience, just in case, neither of them had used this number, she felt that it was a bit of a breakthrough to call rashly, so although she was anxious, she had no intention of using the number - of course, this insistence became weaker and weaker as time went on. "Well, I know your purpose, but I guess he didn't call me for that."

"This is a real event, and I didn't make it up."

"If he's okay, he shouldn't be angry, and if he's okay, that's when he's used to get our attention, and Charles doesn't feel like he has too many friends."

The dialogue jumped out of the box one after another, and Jon could barely see it, and her already fragile insistence was even more shaken-

"Should I contact Charles?" Instead of bothering with the group chat, she turned on her phone and sent Harry a text message with a ":(" symbol to express her feelings.

Harry quickly replied: "If you don't get in touch, then you'll keep thinking about it, and then the chances of you failing will increase, and if you do, he might get angry, but it won't hurt you, so I think you should contact him." ”

Harry's train of thought was always a bit weird, but generally it worked, Jon sneered at her phone, and after a while she shut up, she smiled apologetically at her classmates, slipped out of the library's reading room, opened the phone in the stairwell, and dialed Charles's phone number-

To be honest, Jon was a little surprised when the call was answered, and although it was rude to think so, she did agree with the group's words, thinking that Charles was most likely in an accident - if it wasn't a car accident, why shouldn't he post online? Aside from his life-threatening injuries, Jon couldn't think of anything else to stop Charles from showing off online.

"Hello," Charles sounded a little tired, but undoubtedly in a good mood, and even if Jon didn't speak in the first place, his tone was still soft, "Hello? ”

"Charles." Jon had no choice but to say hello before she could think of a word, she panicked and then bit her lower lip, feeling that her phone call was a little silly, "Uh, I- nothing- just- you said I'd come and post right away-"

"Ah, I see," thankfully, Charles seemed to be in a really good mood, and instead of getting angry, he said empathetic and excited, "I understand, of course you're going to call me, sorry, I should have contacted you as soon as possible - but you know, things have changed, and I haven't bothered to use the internet these days-"

This is unusual for an otaku like Charles, as far as Jon knows, he spends at least half of his day hanging on the Internet, and she tried her best to suppress the surprise in her tone, "Okay, okay, since you're okay, then we'll be relieved, you know, Charles, your absence has made many users in the forum a little worried-"

Based on social etiquette, she didn't ask where Charles had disappeared, but the other party was obviously in high spirits, and before Jon could speak, he gushed on, "You won't believe where I am now, Jon, I think my experience in the past few days is enough to make a movie, ah, but I'm running out of balance on my phone, we'll be in touch online in a moment." ”

Still didn't wait for Jon to reply, he hung up the phone on his own, Jon stared at the phone for a moment, turned around and rushed back to the computer, just in time for Charles to go online.

"You're not going to believe where I am." Once online, the distance between the two seemed to fade and they became intimate again, Charles's words were the same, but this time Jon was able to reply to him with ease.

"Where the hell are you now!! She sent three exclamation points, "Stop hanging people in the air, I guess you're going to have an adventure after the preview is over, then, tell me, where are you now!" ”

Charles sent three smug smiles, and then posted a photo of him in a robe, an Arabic turban, and a long stretch of yellow sand behind him, and a rather luxurious tent.

"Abu Dhabi!" He announced, "If you don't know the name, go google, my dear, I'm now in the oil kingdom of the UAE!" ”

Jon gasped, of course—but this time, she didn't need to ask anything, and had just expressed her feelings in a lot of capitals, exclamation marks, and internet search terms, and Charles couldn't wait to share his legendary experience with her for a long time.

"You really won't believe it, the person sitting next to me at the preview screening was a prince from Abu Dhabi...... We had a pretty speculative conversation......"

“…… Then the film is over, and everyone wants to watch it again...... The annoying man in Big Dream, the agent, just let us watch it one more time, and refused to put it a third time, and he said that there would be a film critic show in a few days, and that made those nasty film critics rebel instantly, and then, and then you don't believe what Said did, I turned my head and said to him, 'Isn't that the most annoying thing in the world?' You know that someone else has the original movie you want to watch, or even all the tidbits, but you can only wait until half a year later to see it again, and if you want to see DVDs and tidbits, it will take even a year! And then Saeed said, 'yes, that's the most annoying thing\', and guess what he did? ”

Charles paused dramatically before announcing, "He approached an agent on the spot to buy a copy of Monroe, and he said he wouldn't leak it, he would only watch it privately, he could sign a non-disclosure agreement, and as long as the film ran away, he would bear all the financial losses of the company, of course, he had the money, he deserved it, he seemed to be a prince in Abu Dhabi or something-"

Jon was too surprised to type, and Charles's triumphant narrative continued, "Said said he was paying a million, and the agent said it was impossible, it wasn't a matter of money, and then Said called the price straight to five million, and he stared at the agent and said—God, I wish I could mimic his tone with you, tell you, Joan, although I'm a man, I really fell in love with him a little bit at that moment—and he said, 'If you want, I can also call the price up to ten million.'" \'”

"Ohmygod," Jon scrambled her face, trying to swallow her scream, she hated herself for being in the library now, "oh! my！ god！ - And then, and then? Did Cesare call 10 million? ”

"Nope!" Charles replied quickly, "And then that Cesare looked away and was the first to interrupt the War of Eyes, you know, it's like he's throwing in the towel, you really should listen to his voice change, it's a classic — and he said, 'No, Mr. Al Nahyan, five million is enough.'" \'”

Jon made a voice that was almost stumped, and she kind of guessed what was going to happen, "And you got the copy, didn't you?" You lucky old dog, Charles, and that Saeed invited you to watch the copy with him? ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" I couldn't hear it, but judging by the speed of the reply and the number of exclamation points, Charles's tone was very powerful, "Because we were still talking speculatively, so he invited me, and he said he had a private movie theater, but we might have to spend some time on the road, I thought his movie theater was in New York or something, and I was determined to quit anyway, you know, so I called the company and told them I was going to take my annual leave, and then I got on the plane with him, Then I knew we were going to Abu Dhabi! Said said he was coming back for a meeting, anyway, when we were on the plane, I described my vision to him, he was very interested, he said he would let his investors call me, I might have gotten the first angel investment in my life for myself - but this was off topic, we didn't talk about it again, I slept when I got to Abu Dhabi, during which Said probably went to the meeting, and after he came back, we started watching Monroe, over and over again, all the way, until, I see, We went to rest a few hours ago. ”

Charles typed a lot of words in one breath, not allowing Jon to interrupt his glorious moment, and Jon really didn't have the ability - one of her hands was already covering her chest: Charles, this enviable, enviable old guy!

"So," she took a few deep breaths before typing again on the keyboard, "what the hell is the movie—don't think I'm screaming at what happened to you, Charles, I'm going to save this moment until you give me an answer!" You damn thing, what good deeds have you done to get such a blessing? Please don't tell me that this Arabian prince is very handsome—"

As soon as it was sent, Jon knew something was wrong, but it was too late, and she immediately received a triumphant reply from Charles.

"And he's very handsome." He said, feeling almost spilled on paper, "Seriously, do you want to see a picture of him?" You know a lot of handsome men and women in the Arab royal family, but I promise Saeed is definitely the more handsome of his brothers - I've seen their family photos—"

Jon typed a series of capitalized gibberish characters, and she could imagine Charles's laughter, but he still had a good conscience and quickly gave Jon a positive answer.

"As for the movies." "I can't go into the specifics because the non-disclosure agreement is valid for me, and I certainly don't want to upset an Arab prince, especially if he's my angel investor," he said. However, what I can assure you is, Jon, put all your worries in your stomach, this is a - I'll tell you this, we've watched it seven or eight times in a row, but we haven't gotten tired of it yet, I feel like I can see something new every time, it's definitely a movie worth watching again and again, trust me, I'm not saying this because I'm a fan, you know, I'm the kind of relatively sane movie fan, even if it's "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", I can't watch it so many times in a row, Because it's not the kind of movie that you can watch so many times, if you know what I mean. ”

Seeing his words, Jon felt a strong sense of jealousy welling up in her heart on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was also strongly relieved: since she knew that Jenny was going to play Monroe and the new director was appointed, this was her biggest worry, and now with Charles's words, she could finally feel a little more relieved for a while before she saw the movie and came to her own conclusions.

"Really?" She quickly replied to Charles, "Tell me more, is Monroe the kind of movie for you?" What do you think of Salvi's directorship? ”

"Oh, believe me," Charles replied quickly, "Monroe is definitely that kind of movie, and Salvi - this guy is amazing, I don't know where J.J. found him, I think the two of them are definitely in love, absolutely, otherwise they wouldn't have made a movie like this." ”

Jon gasped again, but this time for a completely different reason, and of course, she had mixed feelings: 'They do have a leg', 'Ah, they're really in love, so this pair of movies-\'

"Don't worry," Charles reassured Jon empathetically before she could type, "the quality of the movie is fantastic, You can't believe how beautiful J.J is in it, let me describe it to you like this, this movie needs to be watched at least three or four times, the first time you can't think about anything, you can only immerse yourself in Jennifer's beauty, you won't believe how beautiful she is in the movie, it's like Columbus rediscovering the American continent, Salvi definitely rediscovered her, and those scenes, shots...... I'm telling you, this guy is a peerless genius, the first time you can only see these beautiful scenery like still lifes, really, this beauty alone is enough to occupy all your heart, I saw it the third time before I came out of the impact of this beauty, but I think, the number of times should vary from person to person, because Said definitely took more time than me, and it's hard for me to even say if he was immersed in Jennifer's beauty all the time - anyway, when you watch it for the first time or the second time, it's hard for you to notice the plot and Jennifer's acting skills, But from the third time, you will find that Jennifer's acting skills have improved, as well as the movie itself, Jesus, Jennifer's performance has reached a new level here, and the movie itself is also very good, many shots feel far-reaching, I can have a lot of new gains when I see it for the fifth time, it's like Salvi designed a multiple gift box, you have to unwrap the wrapper by watching it over and over again, and even watching it again and again will not make people get tired, I think watching it one more time, Maybe I'll have something new to gain......"

While Charles's narrative was on the rise, and Jon was so excited that he could barely hold back his screams of excitement, he suddenly disappeared for a while, and after a while, he went online again, apologetically posting a few words, "Said, it's about to start again, sorry, we're free to talk about it." ”

"You-" Jon couldn't help but frustrate, she sent a series of exclamation points, changing the letters to capitals, "Charles, you have to at least finish the sentence-"

No matter how much Jon screamed, cursed, and begged, there was no response from Charles's side, and it was clear that the lucky bastard had turned off his computer and was once again immersed in the world of Monroe with his Arabian prince......

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"Said really shouted the price to 10 million?"

While Jon was sulking with envy and jealousy as she typed and explained Charles's luck to Harry, Jenny was also typing and chatting with Cesare—a fairly new experience for her, as she was on the plane back to the United States, a new Pan Am service that allows first-class passengers to enjoy the wireless network provided by the crew throughout the flight, enabling real-time connectivity to the outside world.

"Yes," Cesare said, "but I think ten million is a little too much, so I made a deal with him for five million—he wrote me a check with your name on it, and we can credit it to your Little Dream Studio, if you wish." ”

Jeanne didn't go on to ask Cesare why she thought 10 million was inappropriate, she absolutely trusted Cesare's judgment on these issues, she was just a little embarrassed by Said's 'boldness', you know, Said only bought it for a year - according to the convention, about half a year after the movie was released, the DVD would be on the market, if Said could wait, he could buy the product he got now for a few tens of dollars in a year, and for this non-essential consumer product, Jenny couldn't afford to spend five million dollars just to own it a year in advance, no matter how rich she was.

Of course, if Said's bid is not high, he will not get the right to watch it in advance, and Jenny actually doesn't want to give him this right casually - but, when the price reaches five million, then everything is different, and this price is even comparable to the copyright fee that "Monroe" can sell in many countries, let alone a copy, Cesare just gave him the full version of the tidbits, and Jenny will feel that the deal is worth it - if there are customers, then what kind of trader?

Of course, she thinks so, also because she is far from the point where she can not care about the money - if this is the case, she and Cesare will not discuss whether to take the money, and she will directly ask Cesare to put the money into the big dream.

"Disney shouldn't bother with us," she replied after a moment's thought, typing, "Of course, it's more likely that they'll never know about it - we'll split the money equally, so you can discuss it with Mary and let me know the outcome." ”

Cesare made an expression of approval, a rare playfulness like a tacit little joke, which provoked Jeanne to chuckle out loud, and then his words came back, "Understood, and about Warner, did you get my email?" Warners have revised their offer after watching "Monroe" in the hope of signing a contract within this week, and my opinion"

His dialogue was abrupt, with no afterwords or periods, more like he had inadvertently clicked the send button, and Jenny waited for a moment to type out if he was okay, while Cesare typed a few lines as well.

"I just received a notice that Alan Morrison posted a film review of "Monroe", this should be its first film review, and I will send you the online address."

This was indeed the first film review that "Monroe" received, and the first time that this highly-anticipated film received praise from the outside world, and Jeanne had to admit that, like all artists, when the new work came out, she was the most hungry and impatient for reviews, and she didn't bother to reply to Cesare, and immediately pressed the hyperlink.

- I don't know if I intend to go against her, the network on the plane happened to be a little stuck at this time, and the web page stayed in the blank for a long time, which opened a title in Jenny's anxious mood, revealing Alan Morrison's title and first sentence: "Marilyn Monroe, Jennifer Jefferson's Nirvana Growth" - she conquered me, and she will conquer you, and she and her films are like Julius Caesar's iron hoof, and will sing the ode of 'I come, I see, I conquer' all over the world......