Chapter 161: The Premiere

Early in the morning, Song Ya opened her eyes, and the white girl next to the pillow was already wearing pajamas and was sitting on the bed reading the newspaper intently.

"So hard?"

Song Ya teased her that she had met a lot of hard-working women, Halle Berry, Mariah Carey, and the newly hired Tara Ji Henson, but definitely not her and Fergie.

"I'm so nervous......"

Mira quickly rummaged through the news, and when she didn't find a target, she threw it on the ground and replaced it with a newspaper or magazine.

This is the first film she starred in, and it's normal to be nervous, "Isn't your movie still twenty days away?" "The return to the blue reef is scheduled for August 2.

"But I've already seen the finished film." Mira said.

"Isn't that the end of it, what do you think of the quality of the finished film?" Song Ya asked.

"Uh......" Mira scratched her head in annoyance, "I can't say it either, have you ever heard a theory?" When people look in the mirror, their brains automatically filter out the flaws in their appearance and beautify themselves, and I now watch the movies starring me the same, and I think everything is good. ”

"Okay......" Song Ya also agreed, he was always satisfied when recording, but Walt and the others picked out a bunch of flaws.

"Hmph, yours!" Mira suddenly angrily put a copy of the American Weekly on his head.

Song Ya opened this gossip magazine with the same name as the music of the United States, and introduced the single 'Trumpet' on a full page, with the picture of the stills of him and Fergi's intimate actions in the MV, 'The genius boy APLUS once again came up with a brand new single, showing off his trumpet talent by the way, and the audience in the United States also bought it, and the single ranked twenty-third on the Billboard in the first week. ’

However, APLUS's performance in the MV seems to be a bit overforced, grinning and smirking with four different dance moves, bringing the tone of the MV too cheerful, and the Los Angeles hip-hop hip-hop master thinks that his purpose is actually to cover up the lack of dance skills......

His camera solo is also too narcissistic and feminine. ’

The highlight comes from Becky, the cute little girl in the children's company finally grew into a big girl, she showed her beautiful figure to the American audience for the first time and unexpectedly transformed into a hip-hop dance style, according to reliable sources, she has signed APLUS's A+ record, and has appeared in Atlanta to receive BABYFACE's devil training. ’

To be honest, the editor has no love for this little yellow song with a similar style to I Feel It Coming, with vulgar lyrics and conservative style, and I don't know if there will be a chance to watch APLUS and Mariah Carey work together live with Empire State of Mind again, and their singing together at the Billboard Awards is a perfect, amazing, epic treat, the best live performance of 1991 so far. ’

With a 'whoosh', Song Ya threw the magazine to the ground, "Isn't there a single word about your movie?" He asked Mira.

"Yes." Mira pulled out several well-folded newspapers and magazines.

"It's all cold data predictions......," Song Ya flipped through, "What about the critics' comments that watched the finished film in advance?" ”

Mira shook her head.

According to data predictions and comparisons, the first week of Return to Blue Reef will open in more than 1,300 theaters at the same time, which is much higher than the more than 600 and the highest 800 in the first week of Jungle Fever, and the more than 800 Block Boys who attended the premiere in the evening, which fully shows that Columbia Pictures has high hopes for the film.

"Just do a simple calculation, the cost of the jungle heat production is 14 million, it was only released in more than 600 theaters in the first week, and the box office is more than 28 million in more than a month, and the cost has been recovered and there is still a profit. Your movie production cost of 11 million is lower than it, but there are more than 1,300 theaters at the same time in the first week, so the box office revenue at the same time will be twice as high as the jungle fever, more than 50 million box office, absolutely a lot of money, wow......"

Song Ya pinched her fingers and pulled her into her arms, "Song Shadow Model Sanqi Superstar, it's done!" ”

Mira laughed and happily went back to bed and played with him.

At noon, he secretly left in the gardener's van, and Tarragy picked him up at the agreed place and went to William Morris headquarters together.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to interview some security personnel, you take this and buy yourself some clothes, Donovan will send someone to help guide the shop." Song Ya wrote a check to Taragi, "When you go to the Block Boy premiere in the evening, you're going to wear a pro suit, dark, decent but the kind that blends in with the crowd completely. Then we go to Escubber's party together, and you change into evening clothes, but just as decent, low-key. The installation fee is the company's expense, remember to keep the shopping receipt. ”

After all, it was a twenty-year-old girl, and Taraghi's eyes inevitably lit up when she saw the amount on the check, "Don't worry, I'll be back on time to pick you up for the premiere." ”

"Well, go ahead."

Song Ya parted ways with Taragi at the door and walked to his office on the top floor with Secretary Donovan.

"Hello, APLUS."

"MR. APLUS."

"HELLO, MR. APLUS......"

As one of William Morris's most eye-catching signings in recent years, Song Ya is well-known within the company, and people have been greeting him in a friendly manner along the way.

Seeing Donovan, while the security company had not yet arrived, the two chatted about Mira's film, "Columbia Pictures seems to have PR film critics to keep their mouths shut before the film is released, which is not a good sign." Donovan analyzed: "The motivation for this is either to be very confident and deliberately leave the suspense until the last minute, or to have no confidence and worry that the bad reviews of the critics will affect the box office in the first week." ”

"What kind of reef is back in the blue?" As soon as Song Ya spoke, he immediately knew that he was asking a bit stupid this question, and a movie remade of a classic film would have no suspense to protect no matter what.

Donovan smiled, and then the security company came, and he ended the topic.

"Goodbye, I'll consider giving you an answer for a while."

Song Ya was very serious After interviewing the two tall black bodyguards, she was not very satisfied, and waited for them to leave, "I want to hire bodyguards, not guardians, and they will mention a lot of what can and cannot be done when they come up......"

"You're a star and you don't want to be managed, right? But there are no shortcuts to security, and there should be no sloppy attitude. Donovan persuaded.

"Let's talk about it when I get back." Song Ya replied.

In the evening, Taraghi, who changed into a professional suit, came to pick up Song Ya on time in a Cadillac Wood rented by the filmmaker, and the two drove straight to a movie theater in Compton.

As the worst security area in Los Angeles, it is also a pure black film, and the security on site is very tight.

The premiere of this 6.5 million small-budget production is also very simple, the guests on the spot do not go in, they gather at the door of the theater to wait, and every time a guest arrives, a group of people will come to greet them warmly.

Mila will not come, although she has such a character as an equal rights pioneer, but the audience is still predominantly white after all.

“APLUS!” The guest DJ was one of Cooper's henchmen, who also participated in the last big A, and he waited for Song Yache to stop, holding the microphone and yelling loudly.

The girls in the audience on both sides suddenly screamed excitedly, Song Ya is now a good woman.

"After I get out of the car, the car will continue to drive forward for a while, and you will get out of the car when the time comes, and then come to me." Song Ya instructed Taraghi, who was still a rookie, and then waited for the car door to be opened from the outside, jumped out with a smile, and waved at the audience again and again.

“YO! APLUS! My brother! This way! Escuber shouted at him.

Song Ya quickly stepped forward and bumped fists with him, and then the two hugged each other to accept the photo of the reporter at the scene.

When taking the photo, Escuber seems to make a limp gesture, emmmmm...... Song Ya could only act as if he didn't see it.

"Thank you for coming." Escuber was very affectionate in introducing him to the cast and crew on the set.

"We're friends." Song Ya said half of it, mainly because he stole Cooper's idea to bring goods, and then returned to Cooper's enemy. A cooperation, a little reluctant to go

This is a small production, most of the main creators are the first time, John Singleton is the first director, the starring Cuba Godin Jr. is a newcomer, and the first supporting actor Escubus is a newcomer to the film, and he has not yet been touched by Hollywood's habit of taking a good tone, and they are all very easy to get along with.

"Hey ......"

Song Ya saw Halle Berry, the other party was wearing a recently popular imitation national robe made of African flower cloth today, which completely covered up her sexy figure, but there was a sense of innocence, and the two smiled and hugged like old friends who had been separated for many years.

"Long time no see." Halle Berry whispered, both knowing that the other would be there.

Although she often said, 'Where are you, I'll go to you,' the two of them have not seen each other for a long time.

"Let's skip a bit!" At this time, a male audience member shouted, "Hallie! I Feel It Coming! ”

"yes, let's dance a bit, that collaboration between the two of you is wonderful." Cooper and others also coaxed, and the DJ even played the music of I Feel It Coming.

Song Ya and her were suddenly attacked, so they could only look at the situation with a smile first, feeling as if they couldn't dodge, the two twisted along with the music generously and tacitly, and Harley didn't seem to have forgotten the dance steps when recording the MV at that time, first put her arms on Song Ya's shoulders, and then twisted her back to the beat, and pressed her hips against his crotch. Negroes are naturally masters of atmosphere, and they can also play with improvisation, men and women scream and twist, and premieres are gradually becoming open-air balls.

Of course, this can't happen, it's a small production, it's a pure black movie, but after all, it's produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, and the production and distribution are basically white, and someone will soon remind you to enter the market.

"Hahaha." In the dimly lit movie theater, the hands that the two held together as they danced never let go, and Halle Berry sat down beside him, "It's been a long time since I've been to such a hilarious premiere." ”

"Do you often attend premieres in Hollywood?" Song Ya asked.

"Well, try to go as much as you can." There's no doubt about Hallie's drill strength.

"Wait for the party at Cooper's house?"

"Of course, does he have more rooms in the house?" Hallie leaned into his ear and exhaled, then her hand fumbled like a snake into the zipper of his pants.

It was a different kind of stimulation to have fun with a woman, Song Ya took a deep breath and glanced around, shifting her attention to the screen as much as possible.

The scene takes to the black neighborhood of Los Angeles when the protagonist was a child, circa seventies.

"Hey, what the hell is this? At that time, there was no such good house in the black area. An old black man in the back row immediately grunted in displeasure.

"Huh?"

Song Ya looked at the rows of white single-family houses on the screen and the neat green grass in front of and behind the house, as if it really didn't look like the style of the black district.

"They seem to have taken the sets from other Columbia Pictures projects and used them directly, which is understandable."

Harley has to know a lot about filmmaking, and she whispers to Song Ya.