Chapter 551: Modern Stone Clan Premiere
"Don't do stupid things APLUS."
OLD JOE KNEW THAT WHAT SINALOA WANTED TO DO WAS ONE OF SONGYA'S REBELS, AND THE CHICAGO RAP KING WOULD NEVER BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE OLD STORY OF HIM BEING LITTLE LORI'S SIDEBURNER WAS RE-MENTIONED BY THE MEDIA, AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO BE A GOOD BROTHER AGAIN WITH LITTLE LORI WHO DISSED HIM AND FRAMED HIM.
"Even in the gang, his behavior is too high-profile, maybe we may wait for him to kick himself to the iron plate......"
But Lao Qiao also knew that Song Ya was now a billionaire with a lot of political and business relations, and he was really forced to be in a hurry, and it was not difficult to pinch a small gang leader in Nancheng to death, and after Sinaloa and his subordinates left, he hurriedly persuaded: "AK and his family should have been included in the witness protection plan by the FBI, even if he can find and kill AK, the FBI will not let him go." β
"I'm afraid he'll be caught by the police." Song Ya did have this thought, Sinaloa would have an accident sooner or later, if he was implicated in this kind of neurosis, it would be too stupid......
"That kid is not one to cooperate with the police, he has vowed to fight to ......the death," said Joe.
Song Ya smiled, "The gang members say so, but how many of them have really done it?" β
"He's just crazy, no one else will, but I'm sure he will."
Lao Qiao's words made Song Ya put away his murderous intent, after all, he was afraid of getting his hands dirty, "Okay, then I'll go back, Lao Qiao, what are your plans for the future?" β
"I'm so old that I definitely don't want to go to jail again." Old Joe looked around the office and said sadly and self-deprecatingly: "Hehe, maybe my company can find another genius like you?" β
"Yes, good luck then, Joe."
After that, Song Ya lived an ordinary life, going to school, accompanying Mariah Carey to prepare for the engagement ceremony, dealing with business matters, and so on......
Sinaloa also disappeared after he said that he wanted to punish the whistleblower, maybe he really went to kill AK? I don't know, Song Ya doesn't want to know, anyway, Sinaloa is so high-profile, the FBI will definitely receive the news, of course, he will definitely make some preparations in advance.
At the end of May, he arrived in Hollywood with Mariah Carey for the premiere of the Modern Stone Clan, produced by Amperin Entertainment, distributed by Universal Pictures, and starring Halle as the second woman.
"Hairpins."
Walking across the red carpet, at the entrance of the theater, and hugging Hallie in full costume, she suddenly read a word to her ear.
"What?" has no head or tail, Song Ya doesn't know why.
"Hairpins."
"What hairpins?"
"Hehe......" Hallie leaned back, and glanced at Mariah Carey, who was intently greeting fans, over Song Ya's back, "Many girls will take advantage of celebrities not paying attention to quietly poke a small hole in that hairpin on it." β
"Uh......" Song Ya knew what she was hinting at.
"The more unlikely it seems that a girl will find an opportunity." Harley blinked slyly.
"What are you talking about?" Mariah Kelly asked, looking back.
"It's nothing, I asked APLUS if I've been to see Robb Jr." Hallie said.
Mariah Carey's smile was a little unnatural, "He just got off the plane yesterday and ran away. β
"You're with you, too?"
"No ......"
"Oh, you're so nice, Mimi...... But you'll have to watch this kid in the future. Hallie said contrivedly.
"Let's go inside." Mariah Carey ignored her and twisted Song Ya's arm and walked into the theater.
Song Ya glared at Harley, who was already holding the second actor in high spirits and went to greet other friends.
"Will this movie fail at the box office?"
The two found their seats and sat down, Mariah Carey asked.
"You would love to see the world fail?" Song Ya asked rhetorically.
"No, emmm......" she pouted, "a little." β
Song Ya smiled helplessly, "I heard that after the small-scale screening, the film critics gave a bad evaluation of this movie, of course, the film reviews have not been lifted, and the news may not be accurate." β
"Hah......" she immediately gloated, "She's already messed up a lot of big productions, right?" β
"Hallie? Yes, she is in a difficult situation right now. β
Song Ya followed his fiancΓ©e's hair, but what he didn't say was that although the critics' evaluation was really not high, the distribution company Universal Pictures had prepared 2,500 premiere theaters in the first echelon of the same schedule for this movie, and it also had a tight grasp of the global market, and would rather greatly increase the distribution cost than win their good start in the summer of 94.
Although the summer season is generally believed to start after the first weekend of May, from then until the end of May, it is still in the warm-up stage of the box office, and Universal has placed some expectations on it, and Spike Lee's signature routine movie Crooklyn pounced, costing 14 million to get 14 million box office, causing Universal to resolutely refuse to admit that it was the first shot of its own summer file.
And according to Yeremov's speculation, the 46 million production costs claimed by Amperin Entertainment are also very rich, and many special effects are made with the mature technology of Jurassic Park, but the cost calculation of special effects follows the model of Jurassic Park, and there are many tricks in it.
Song Ya estimates that it is the classic Spielberg and the old routine of the global high-level pit book management, it is said that he personally made 250 million dollars from a movie in Jurassic Park, which is much better than working hard to build a chemical factory. For example, tonight, the premiere of a live-action movie adapted from an animation actually came to many big-name stars, and I believe most people came for his sake.
However, Elizabeth Taylor, the film's biggest gimmick, did not appear at the premiere, MJ still has the final hurdle of the Los Angeles grand jury, and victory is in sight, and she and Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Pressley are helping out the final sprint.
"APLUS, WELCOME, MISS KELLY." The global side of my life was filmed and sat down next to the two.
"What's new lately?" Song Ya inquired about him.
"Paramount's Forrest Gump is scheduled for July 6th, and they just got two David Award nominations in Italy, but they didn't win." The other party replied.
"That's good news, isn't it?" Song Ya knows that the European Film Awards still have some vane effect on the box office of the United States.
"Not necessarily. The people we went to the David Awards came back and said that Europeans might not like that movie very much, but the people of the United States should like it very much. β
"Oh." Song Ya was a little disappointed, dancing out of my life set for the fifteenth, it was ten days after Forrest Gump's main story was released, and the movie starring Tom Hanks generally has a lot of stamina, and I believe it will be his fierce rival.
"Don't be disappointed." The other party also saw it, "The genre of that movie has nothing to do with us, and the audience is different." β
"I understand, by the way, how much does Tom Hanks get paid?" Song Ya saw Tom Hanks himself from a distance and took the opportunity to ask.
"Haha, do you have a project you want to find him?"
The other party laughed, and didn't take it to heart at all, "If this Forrest Gump story sells again, he can safely enter the 20 million club, and the price of commercial blockbusters may not be enough." Of course, some award-winning art films with good scripts are not in this case. β
"Wow...... Song Ya smacked his tongue, "What about finding him to be the second male?" β
"Don't laugh APLUS." The other party didn't even bother to answer.
Song Ya secretly calculated in his heart, the cat-and-mouse game is definitely not an art film, then Tom Hanks is 20 million, Xiao Lizi's current market is estimated to be 3 million, Christopher Walken's 3 million may be upward, and it will cost nearly 30 million to invite the three male protagonists of the original version, and there are many characters in the cat-and-mouse game, so the salary alone is a bottomless pit......
"Stop talking, watch movies, watch movies." Mariah Carey couldn't wait for Hallie's movie to hit the streets, and she watched it very seriously.
Halle still continues her sexy style, and she is the most eye-catching one in the movie, and the heroine Perkins's role does not need any acting skills, Song Ya feels that the more beautiful Xue Linfen should play better than her, but unfortunately Xue Linfen was pregnant with little Robb before entering the group, and lost this good opportunity to fight for her.
In fact, this movie is a family comedy with a spoof style, the plot has no highlights, except for a few occasional special effects shots, the most interesting thing is the various mixes and matches of primitive life and modern technology in the cartoon, such as using feet as a powered car, using primitive creatures as a kitchen waste processor at home, etc., quite brainy, but that's all.
The people who came to the premiere were all industry insiders, and it seemed that everyone was limited to courtesy applause.
"How? Yeremov. β
After the end of the show, the two met with Yeremov and others and returned to the hotel together, "Is it possible that this movie will be a big hit?" Song Ya asked.
It is said that the audience feedback and attendance after the premiere were very good, and their main enemy in the same schedule was released in more than 2,700 theaters, and Paramount Detective Beverly Hills 3 starring Eddie Murphy received rave reviews...... It's time to pounce. Yeremov said.
"Really? Is that okay? "Mariah Carey was a little incredulous.
"Whether a movie sells or not, sometimes it depends on luck." Yeremov smiled wryly, "The audience's tastes are elusive, and a 'good opponent' like Beverly Hills Detective 3 can also be found." β
"Hallie will win a direct battle with Hollywood's top black directors such as Spike Lee and Eddie Murphy,......" Song Ya muttered to herself.
"That's good news for us, the more sexy Hallie's sexy image in Modern Primitives will help the box office in July." Yeremov agreed.
"I'm going to take a shower!" Mariah Carey couldn't take it anymore.
"By the way, the one I asked you to ask, how's the progress?"
"It's complicated."
Yeremov replied: "The book written by the legendary liar Abagnell has the ability to catch me, and after the publication of the film in 80, he quickly sold the film adaptation rights, and then after frequent changes, the project has not been started, I estimate that the script has been written in more than a dozen versions, and is now lying quietly in a warehouse of Hollywood Studios." β
"The Hollywood studios that make one film and lose one film?" Song Ya knew that this production company was still because Harley had filmed one of his family's number one public enemies before, so it was not surprising that she pounced.
"That's a Disney-owned company, and I can afford to lose money, and now I'm making internal personnel changes, so I went to ask, and no one has time to deal with me." Yeremov said.