Chapter 168: First Weekend

The party was held at the Beverly Hills mansion of Columbia Pictures co-chairmen Gubel, and Sony paid $200 million in advance to buy the company for him and another co-chairman, Peters, and the two prominent producers and senior managers changed hands, saddling Sony with a lawsuit against Warner Bros., with a loss of nearly a billion dollars.

Coupled with Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures' 3.4 billion dollars and the 1.6 billion dollars in debt, the book can be said to have made a bloody investment for this film company, and this is not the end, the two are making trouble within the company, their ability is no problem, the market share of the new company has been rising, but many movies can't go into Columbia Pictures' pockets after they sell well, but flows into many companies with their backgrounds in the surrounding area.

It is rumored that Sony, who has a taste, would rather be bloodlet again in 95 in order to get these two guys to leave, what a tragic word.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Song Ya, he poked his head sneakily out of the door of a bathroom in the mansion with a sign under repair, "No one, you go first." ”

Mira, who was flushed, pecked him on the cheek and walked away briskly with her high heels.

He took off the maintenance sign and threw it into the cleaning cart not far away, before Shi Shiran went out to meet Taragi outside the corridor.

"It's like a dream." Tarraghy, dressed in a decent red evening dress, held a wine glass and whispered excitedly: "Not long ago, I was a dancer on a party cruise, but now I am in Beverly Hills, attending Hollywood's top party. ”

"Let's take this as a dream, this place doesn't belong to us yet." Song Ya smiled: "Hollywood is a place that can erode people's morale. ”

"Hey, it seems like I'm the older one here, so I should be talking to you like that!" Taraghi hit him with a shoulder.

"Drink less, Taraghi." Song Ya also took a glass of champagne from the plate held by the waiter passing by, "Where is the person I can talk to?" ”

He didn't know most of the people at the party.

"Yeremov is in the hall on the first floor, director Graham is in the direction of eight o'clock, and Brian Kraus is on the balcony." Tarraghi did his job well, "As for Miss Jovovich, I don't think you have the ability to go to her anytime soon, do you?" ”

There is no shortage of black girls in Taraghi, who have the ability to casually make meat jokes.

"You're underestimating me."

Song Ya smiled and went to the first floor to find Yeremov.

"The box office has not been counted yet." Yeremov was chatting with a beautiful brown-haired woman, Song Yazheng hesitated to go over, and he saw it first, "APLUS, come here, let me introduce you, this is Xue Linfen, Xue Lin, APLUS, have you heard his songs?" ”

"Of course." Xue Linfen shook hands with Song Ya gracefully, "I really like your and Mariah Carey's song EmpireStateofMind. ”

"Thank you, I ...... it too" Song Ya almost said that she liked your film stealing the moon very much, but fortunately she reacted quickly, "I like your performance in Twin Peaks Town very much." ”

The three of them chatted for a few words, "Unaccompanied." Xue Linfen was greeted and walked away.

"What's wrong with her? A bit listless. Song Ya looked at her graceful back, and automatically made up for the full exposure in the moonlight. However, this woman looks older in reality than in the movie and TV series Twin Peaks, and her hair color has changed, otherwise Song Ya would not have recognized her at the first time.

"Twin Peaks is going to be cut down, poor boy." Yeremov replied.

β€œWhat? Isn't this TV series very well received? The David Lynch-directed TV series is airing all over the country, with which she was nominated for Golden Globes and Emmys, and was named one of the 50 most beautiful women in the world by People magazine, and a series of fashion magazines and clothing brands began to favor her.

"Who knows, legend has it that she had a falling out with David Lynch because of her boyfriend." Yeremov shrugged.

Why did the director fall out with the actress because of the actress's boyfriend, Song Ya made up a bloody plot in his brain, and Xue Linfen's photographer boyfriend didn't seem to be reliable, and even helped his girlfriend shoot a full-dew pictorial for Playboy magazine, of course, this may also be for art. Song Ya naturally appreciated that pictorial, for the sake of art.

"After stealing the moon, she was very embarrassed, even if she had been out of the film for more than a year, except for David Lynch, everyone else went to her to make her show something in the movie, Hollywood is like this, take off her clothes and bring the box office, so no one will pay attention to her acting skills anymore."

"So I also got a chance for Mila to show less in this film, you know, her mother's contract with our company is much bigger," Yeremov said. ”

"I know, thank you Yeremov." In this matter, Song Ya's gratitude to him is sincere, of course, if Mila does not rely on his own letter to Deklerk to become popular in a short period of time, Yeremov will definitely not change his original plan.

The next day, Song Ya left Los Angeles to continue the promotional itinerary of 'Trumpet'.

"The box office hasn't been calculated yet?"

In the evening, Song Ya looked at Taraghi, who walked into the hotel suite with a large pile of newspapers and magazines, and asked.

"I don't think it's that I didn't calculate it, but Columbia Pictures didn't dare to take it out at all."

Tarragee flipped through a magazine, "David Thomson of Film Review Magazine: Readers, a remake can be screwed up by director Graham, even if he copies the old version from ten years ago, it will come out with a better effect than this boring garbage, and he should apologize according to the tradition of Columbia Pictures management!" ”

"The Hollywood Reporter: Columbia Pictures is secretive, but we observe that this film will be outside the top 10 of all films released at the box office this week, and it will be a complete failure for its tens of millions of production costs."

"η±³ε›½Weekly: It is said that the return to the Blue Coral Reef has been booked for 91 years Golden Raspberry multiple awards, and this news may not make the crew happy."

"The New Yorker's Ken Frans: I'm sorry, but the nasolabial folds on the face of Brian Krauss, the hero of the return to Blue Reef, made me laugh, but there is nothing else in the film. If it weren't for this only highlight, I would have decided not to talk about it anymore after seeing the premiere, because it wouldn't be worth mentioning at all. ”

"Uh...... Okay, okay, stop reading. ”

Song Ya dialed Mira's phone, "Mrs. Jovovich? What about Mira? Crying by locking yourself in your room? It's okay, the movie failed at the box office, but there were not many attacks on her, just a small setback...... Okay, you can help me transfer to the landline in her room. Belch...... Did she unplug the phone line? Okay, you persuade her more, it's no big deal, I'll go back and call again. ”

He dialed Yeremov's phone again, the line was busy, and the call was diverted to the answering machine, "Hey, I'm APLUS, uh...... I just want to ask about the box office situation of the movie, please reply if you have any new information. ”

On August 5th, the box office of the first weekend of returning to the blue reef was released, with 1.5 million dollars, which was achieved in the case of simultaneous release in 1280 theaters in the whole country, which means that the box office of a single theater in three days of the weekend was only a little more than 1,000 dollars, which is less than a fraction of the first weekend results of more than 800 theaters of the block boys, and now, the weekend box office of the block boys is still 4,000 dollars! Not to mention that theaters that show block boys are generally close to black neighborhoods, where black people have much lower purchasing power.

It can only rank sixteenth among the nineteen movies released in mainstream theaters.

Mira's phone finally rang.

"Don't you cry? It's time to face reality, dear, maybe things are still turning around, but it's not necessarily. Song Ya comforted her.

"Hmmm......"

Mira did calm down a lot, "Yeremov is trying to save the box office, and I also appeal to the fans to come and watch. ”

"Is this necessary? Drain the enthusiasm of your fans to contribute to the box office of a movie? You're just an actor, you don't need to take on that much responsibility, and the salary you got at that time was far lower than what you are worth now. Song Ya persuaded.

"Humph! You don't know how Hollywood tabloids write about me, and I don't want to be looked down upon by them. ”

"It's the stupidest ...... to be angry with the tabloids"

"It's annoying, don't preach, my appeal has been sent, and I can't withdraw it!" Mira lost her temper and hung up the phone. 8)