Although Roland kept saying that he didn't care who the wedding information would end up with, the various media that wanted to get the scoop were like eight immortals crossing the sea, showing their powers, and finding the door along the various relationships.

First up was Oprah Winfrey, the owner of the highest-rated talk show in the history of American television, who reached out to Steven Spielberg directly after discovering that a simple letter didn't work, and showed Roland his sincerity.

"Oprah's offer of 10 million, just ask you to last her show, you can plan all the time, you can decide all the topics, you can accept rehearsals in advance, and you can accept recording and broadcasting."

The second is CBS, the media giant that has just been annexed by Viacom, through Meryl Streep, who is working with Meryl Streep, sent the most sincere invitation to Roland, "They want to give you an interview, about half an hour to forty-five minutes, everything is up to you, and their bottom line is that the topic must be around the wedding, and say the wedding time in the interview." ”

followed by FOX, although Roland snatched Blue Sky Studios from their hands, but for capital, as long as there is money to be made, as long as the ratings are pulled, then other unpleasantness can be temporarily ignored, and they, invited James Cameron, "Oh! Oh！ Oh！ And voila! Let's see what kind of price they offer you! ”

"20 million appearance fee, other convenience, you can come to the studio to record, they can also go out on location, as long as you are willing to come, they can even transfer the money to your account first."

Finally, there's NBC.

Unlike the other four contenders, their lobbyist is Bill Gates.

And the old man's words were simple and clear, "Haven't you bought a private jet yet?" So NBC's appearance fee for you is a 10% discount coupon for the Boeing series, no matter which one you choose, Boeing will give you a 10% discount in the end. ”

The continuous phone bombardment made Roland dizzy, and after Kate, who was accompanying him, listened to the offer of this family, a clear but emotional tone came out in an instant, "Wow! Didn't expect our wedding news to be so valuable? ”

"So what's not? A touch of the mouth can make "Hot Mom and Hot Girl" an extra 20 million box office out of thin air, in this case, whoever does our interview can get a lot of attention, and this, isn't it money? Roland thought it was normal.

"So which one do you think is better?" Looking at the five quotes on the paper, Kate brushed her hair behind her ears, "Literally, FOX is the most sincere, but in terms of attention, of course it is the best Oprah show, and NBC in this is the most picky, and even gave us Boeing plane coupons?" Does it think we're the ones who are missing the volume? ”

"What we lack is money! Money! ”

Speaking of which, Kate pretended to be angry and slapped the table.

With a bang, the hair that had just been brushed behind him jumped to the front again.

This behavior made Roland roll his eyes, take off the black headband on his wrist, and directly tie her in a ponytail.

Kate smirkled at the gesture of intimacy, and after jumping over Roland on the cheek and kissing her, she asked again, "Oh yes, why doesn't ABC have an offer?" ”

"ABC has made a offer, isn't Oprah ABC's person?" Roland, who was holding his cheek with one hand, said with a smile.

That's right, although Disney is now in a tangle, they are not weaker than others in terms of news fighting.

Although Oprah's talk show is a WLS-TV program on the surface, WLS-TV is a subsidiary of ABC, that is to say, when Oprah's Grandet quotes a price of 10 million, what it shows is the acquiescence of the parent company behind it, if ABC doesn't give money, then how can this guy who often cheats donate 10 million to invite Roland to be on the show?

"And who do you want to choose?" As soon as Roland explained this, Kate also reacted, "For the sake of business, let's choose ABC?" ”

Even if Kate doesn't take the initiative to get involved in Roland's business on weekdays, she still knows a lot of things.

For example, Roland wants to sell the "Princess Diaries" to Disney.

For example, the next and final movie of the Olsen sisters will also be on Disney.

However, just when Kate felt that she had guessed correctly, Roland shook her head and pointed to the most insincere one on the offer with her index finger, "No, no, no, we don't choose ABC, we choose NBC." ”

"Why?" Kate was curious, "Because William?" ”

"yes, because William." Roland affirmed: "Also because of GM and Boeing." ”

NBC and Microsoft jointly established the MSNBC 24-hour news station in 96, which was originally a person from Microsoft's camp, and Roland chose it, there is no problem, not only that, NBC's father is still General Electric, and General Electric is the engine supplier of Boeing's high-volume models, so they can invite Roland to do an exclusive interview in the form of Boeing discount coupons.

Of course, these supply relationships are not the point, what really cares about Roland is that NBC provided them with a lot of media support in the previous public opinion war between Microsoft and Boeing to swallow Yahoo.

That's right, it's NBC, not MSNBC.

In such a situation, isn't it obvious who to choose?

On one side are media companies such as Disney, Viacom, and News Corp., which can never really be united, and on the other side are complexes such as Microsoft, Boeing, General Motors, and Intel, which have formed a bond of interest.

After tasting the sweetness of grinding it with strength, if you don't join forces with the military industry, it will be a brain watt!

After Roland confirmed that he wanted to cooperate with NBC, things went quickly, first communicated with Jay Leno by phone, explained the theme he wanted to say on "The Tonight Show", and then went to New York with Kate.

With the help of Taiben, everything went smoothly.

When Jay Leno asked the two to hide the reason for the wedding, Kate joked to the camera about Roland -

"Because he was worried that I would lose face, according to custom, weddings are usually organized by our women, but after experiencing the proposal at the Oscars, he himself didn't know what could be more surprising than this, so he kept preventing me from announcing the news of the wedding to the outside world, worried that everyone who learned about the scale of the wedding would be disappointed, so that there would be some negative comments, which would affect my mood, because he felt that I was seriously preparing."

When Jay Leno asked the two about the wedding preparations in the past few years, Kate took out the prepared picture album and showed Roland's warmth to the audience behind the TV-

"The preparatory work is handed over to the wedding company, and the most we do is actually take wedding photos, of course, the wedding photos belonging to the two of us have not yet been developed, but the essays that Roland drew for me have been able to share with you, these are the records of my travel and Roland in the past six months, all of which were drawn by him himself."

In the end, when the program team broke the casserole and asked to the end, wanting to know the exact date of the wedding, they threw out the mystery and told the meaning behind the hidden meaning, which became the biggest purpose of their trip-

"October 5th." Kate, who put her hands on her legs, replied neatly.

“Wow！ Isn't that just over a month away? Jay Leno excitedly asked, "Why did you choose that day?" ”

After the host asked about this, Kate's face suddenly filled with a happy smile.

And while she turned her head to look at Roland, Roland also hugged her waist in front of the camera.

"Because it was her birthday."

"More than 20 years ago, on October 5th, her mother brought her to the world, in the past days, her family was her biggest support, and from October 5th this year, I will try my best to become her strongest backing......"

Before the words fell, Kate, whose body suddenly weakened, was already leaning on Roland's arms.

At the same time, his right hand slapped Roland's thigh angrily.

Such an action aroused countless cries in the audience, and in front of the TV, there was a lonely frog sound.

"Hmph, hum~ Roland is really too hard!"

"Woo woo ~ why is there such a beautiful love?"

"Wow wow, wow~ My husband didn't even know to marry me on my birthday!"

"Ahhh

"Wow ~ Roland is finally married, my youth is over!"

Because Roland had already announced the news of the wedding when "Hot Mom and Hot Girl" was released, this disclosure did not cause turmoil among the public, and for true love fans, everyone's emotions are relatively stable.

Well, it's emotional stability.

Because that's what they've been looking forward to for a long time!

In ninety-seven years, when "Titanic" was released, they were moved by the love of Jack and Ruth and contributed their tears;

In 98, at the Oscars, they were shocked by Roland's marriage proposal and believed in love;

And now, when Roland set the wedding on Kate's birthday, the solemn declaration made them cry stupidly......

In fact, regardless of whether they are ordinary people, or true love fans, whether they are older seniors or people of the same age, these guys have actually grown up watching Roland, in the past ten years, Roland has sent joy and warmth to everyone, and when Roland officially announced that he was married, the spontaneous emptiness and emotion made them sad and happy.

Empty, it is the beloved toy that is suddenly lost;

sighed that it was the child who was raised and finally set sail;

Sadness is the sudden change of familiar things;

Happiness is the change of things that still accompany.

Although the flashy dream does not belong to them after all, for them, this is the best ending, so on the second day of the broadcast of "The Tonight Show", the sales of R and K soared.

When Roland, who was on vacation with his family along the route of the zoo, New Zealand, and Australia, learned that the reason why those fans chose R and K was actually for Kate's entourage, he was surprised and stunned.

"No, no, no, I didn't understand, you're talking about giving gift money?" Roland frowned and looked at David, who was speaking.

"Yes, gift money." David nodded with a wry smile and patted Roland on the shoulder.

"Isn't it the custom of our marriage that the woman pays for the wedding? Under normal circumstances, the woman will count the things she needs and send them to relatives and friends in the form of a list, and the guy who receives the list will pay for the above things, and after they claim it, the rest will be paid by the woman. ”

"Didn't you say it on the show? You are reluctant to make it public because you are worried that the wedding prepared by Kate will not meet the standards of the Oscar proposal and cause dissatisfaction among fans, and now, those fans are beginning to claim the list of materials. ”

"They couldn't see the list, so they bought R and K's products, and told the clerk to make sure that they made it clear that the reason they were shopping was to support Kate's wedding."

"And yesterday, nearly 200,000 people in North America walked into our stores."

"Sales directly exceeded 100 million."

This kind of achievement made Roland stunned for an instant, and when he reacted, he sighed and enveloped his whole body.

He understands that it is because of these fans that his films have been able to break records.

And now......

They are so cute.

"Everybody's very fond of you." Roland hugged Kate, who was wearing a wetsuit, from behind, and told the other party what had just happened.

After learning about the crazy behavior of the fans, Kate was also stunned for a moment, and then laughed again in the blink of an eye, "Isn't that a good thing?" ”

"yes, that's a good thing."

Roland snorted in agreement, and then put his head on his daughter-in-law's shoulder.

Although he talks to himself about capital, and often compares fans to leeks.

But when fans really convey their hearts, he can feel it, and he is still a little moved.

…………

And while Roland spent the last single period before marriage with his family, those who did not achieve the freedom of life were still busy with their careers, including Ang Lee and his "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

In Roland's previous life, Sony's publicity and distribution team started with the New York Film Festival on October 9, and after brushing a wave of attention in front of many judges, a few days later, on the 12th, they brought the film to the Austin Film Festival in Texas, and then on November 3, they went to the Hawaii Film Festival, and after that, it was crazy screenings, screenings, screenings, screenings.

This practice has made the reputation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" soar!

Because the judges of the film festival can understand it!

Take the New York Film Festival as an example, the chairman at the time, the head of the selection committee, Richard Peña, was a fan of Hou Hsiao-hsien, who made "Once Upon a Childhood", "Love in the Dust", and "City of Sadness", and knew Oriental culture very well.

Janet Paulson, the founder of the Hawaii Film Festival, studied Asian cinema in college and has been promoting Asian cinema in America, with the films of Sunglasses King and Wu Baige being her favorites.

Therefore, when one's own people evaluate themselves, the subjective tendency that I said before also appears.

Coupled with the core of "Sense and Sensibility", the slogan sent to the Oscars was naturally born.

But in this life, with Roland's mixing, all this came to naught.

However, although there is no cultivation of the film festival, the overwhelming praise and publicity have met their expectations.

So, on September 5, Sony, which was forced by public opinion to Liangshan, held the premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in New York, and on September 8, it was released across the board, and more than 2,000 theaters in North America had scheduled films.

In the first weekend, it cut 21 million at the box office, and IMDb's rating slipped from the highest 8.8 all the way to 8.2, many viewers felt that this was indeed a very good superhero movie, but some viewers thought that this movie was blown too much, and the fluttering fights didn't look as cool as Jackie Chan's movie at all.

But regardless of the word-of-mouth, the high box office has already made Sony extremely happy, because according to this kind of opening results, it is not too easy for the box office to break 100 million, but for Ang Lee, the messy publicity still makes him a little regretful.

Because after the box office is high, it's not good to rush for the prize!

And if he can't win the prize, then why does he want to make this kind of leather movie?

But when Sony learned about his regrets, he gave the opposite opinion.

“Lee。”

"Huh?"

"Do you want to win a second Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film?"

"Who wouldn't?"

"Winning an award requires attention."

"I know."

"But this year's Christmas file, no movie can exceed the attention of "Spider-Man 3"."

“……”

"There is no movie that has attracted more attention than the starring "Spider-Man 3", which just got married."

“……”

"There is no movie that can exceed the attention of the starring "Spider-Man 3", which decided to retire after marriage."

“……”

That's right!

Sony feels that the rhythm of publicity has been disrupted, and that is a blessing in disguise!

Because they didn't consider that Roland was going to be killed!

According to the normal rhythm, the annual awards season officially starts in November, and the commercial films competing for the Christmas file and the feature films that hit the Oscars do not interfere, but ...... This is the rhythm before the release of "Titanic".

After the release of "Titanic", avoiding Roland Allen is the most normal rhythm!

Because when his movie was released, fans fought like a Pseudo Religion opponent who couldn't find North!

And once Roland Allen starts to make trouble, the media publicity will belong to him alone!

Talking about the Olympics when the box office can't be recovered?

Does it make sense?

"Hey!" Ang Lee sighed, "Is there no other way?" ”

"Something else? Yes! ”

Sony's staff smiled, "Isn't the British director who is favored by Roland just brushing up for awards?" ”