Chapter 160: The World's Jokes (2-in-1)
"Our film has been accused of 'infringement' in North America!" Wang Chuanqi's expression suddenly became extremely serious.
"What!" Wang Wei also opened his mouth wide, this was an answer he would never have imagined.
- At the beginning of the project, the script of this movie was filed with Hollywood, how could it still be infringed?
Who knows, he can't think of the answer later!
"What wants to sue us for infringement is a realistic version of an ogre in North America, and a realistic version of a skinning maniac!"
Lao Wang's serious expression began to collapse, and he said the news he had just arrived in a dreamlike tone: "After watching the movie, they ran to the local police station one after another to turn themselves in, and the purpose was actually ...... Sue us for violating their image rights with this film! ”
"To be precise, they think the movie discredits the image of ogres and skinners!"
Wang Wei's expression froze, and then cracked: "...... This TM is really not a joke!? ”
Lao Wang also felt that this was a joke, but the news was transmitted by the staff of Dunhuang stationed in North America for the first time, and it was definitely not a joke.
"Also, there are teenage copycats in North America!"
Wang Wei was shocked, and heard Lao Wang continue to say in a dreamy tone: "It's just that the imitator doesn't have the courage to imitate the protagonist to kill people, and the courage to imitate the protagonist to play with the police is not only there, but also great!" ”
"It is said that he reported a false police report, and swore that a neighbor and a couple were murderers!"
Wang Wei's heart was slightly relieved, and the corners of his mouth twitched at the same time.
Lao Wang continued to be in a state of confusion, and seemed to be dreaming the whole time: "The outrageous thing is that the police who received the police believed it and sent the police!" ”
"What's even more outrageous is that it was later discovered that the neighbors were really murderers, and they were also robbers in a huge bank robbery!"
“……”
Wang Wei was completely stunned!
"How can this be?" He was so confused that his face was a little distorted.
"yes, how can this be." Lao Wang was also so confused that his face was a little distorted.
- The criminal was inspired to surrender after watching the movie, which sounds outrageous enough!
- Running to surrender because I feel that I have been "infringed on my image rights", it is really outrageous to open the door outrageously, outrageous to home!!
- And a pair of male and female thieves, obviously did not go to the movies, but because the neighbor had an "imitator", and then ...... "surrendered", it is outrageous to have wings and outrageous to the sky!!
Moreover, how long has it been since the movie was released, and four murderers have been arrested in North America alone?!
In the whole of East Asia, more than a week, it adds up to this number.
"North America, the people are really simple!" Wang Wei, who was impressed by the commotion of the North American criminals, said that he was convinced.
"North America is really simple and simple!" Even Lao Wang, who felt outrageous in his retelling, was convinced.
Other than that, it seems that I really can't feel too much.
……
And these two people are just one of the thousands of people who have been shocked to eat melons.
In fact, the North American counterparts who know more details can't even pick up the jaws that have dropped in shock!
"Oh God, Oh my God!"
Since Frank received the news of the first "surrender incident" in North America, all he has left is "God".
How could he have imagined that he was just praying casually, and he actually said a prophecy - the murderers really "lined up" to "surrender themselves"!
Well, although the news broke out almost at the same time, the events didn't actually happen at the same time and in the same place.
The first was the "Skinner" in California, and I heard that there was also a "Skinner" in "The Silence of the Lambs", so I drove hundreds of miles to see this movie out of curiosity.
After watching it, his first reaction was to break into the police station and shout that the film violated his image of a "skinning maniac" - he skinned not for anything to "become a woman", but to "create art"!
At first, the police thought he was a patient who had escaped from a mental hospital, until they went to his farm and were stunned!
They came to the farm of this remote, gloomy farm, as if they were in a "human skin workshop"!
- skull fragments on the walls;
- Several chairs with a smooth appearance made of human skin are placed against the wall;
- masks made of the skin of a human face;
There are also belts, lampshades, coasters...... It's all made from human skin!
The farmer who works part-time as a "skinner", even if he is handcuffed, is still proudly introducing his "masterpiece of art"!
This skin-peeling maniac who doesn't know how many innocent lives he has mutilated has fallen into the legal net in a jaw-dropping way!
The real-life version of the ogre was caught in New York.
He feels that the movie damages the image of the "ogre" in that it is better for him to "eat"!
This is the creepiest thing - this demon has opened a small restaurant selling burritos, and the ingredients in the restaurant are ...... Including the homeless who occasionally "hunt" from the streets!
It is said that when the police searched the house, they found more than one bowl made of skulls in the kitchen, and also found some leftover "fresh ingredients" in the refrigerator...... All the officers vomited on the spot.
This case is so sensational that the police have not announced it to the public at all, but they can't hide it from the media reporters with magical powers in North America.
On the day Frank received the news, he had eaten a burrito in the morning, and although it had long been digested into slag, he still retched.
- He felt like he would never be able to look directly at a burrito again! It is conceivable that it is estimated that the sales of this food in North America will plummet for a long time!
- And the number of vegetarians in New York will inevitably increase unprecedentedly!
As for the pair of "unlucky" male and female thieves, the place where they were arrested was in Canada.
- When he first learned that there were "copycats" in North America, Frank also sank.
The most feared thing about any thriller crime work is the appearance of imitators, especially those who cause great harm to society, which is a fatal blow to its expansion of sales.
Unexpectedly, this "imitation crime" incident took a god-like turn -
Two robbers once ransacked a Texas bank with guns in broad daylight, shot and killed several security guards before fleeing, and the police thought they had fled to a South American country;
However, they (she) are bold and bold, living in seclusion in Canada, and everything is perfect - until they are arrested because of a clumsy fake police call!
Afterwards, it is said that the little brother who reported the false police almost scared to pee!
Just, outrageous!
It is estimated that this pair of male and female thieves will vomit blood after learning the ins and outs!
Frank was dumbfounded anyway, and was speechless by the successive "unexpected"!
Benjamin, on the other hand, was ecstatic and jumped three feet high—Frank swore he was.
"God, we're going to send it!" There was a trilling in his voice.
"Frank, you're right, you're right, there's really something evil about this movie, it's ...... It's so evil! Benjamin burst out laughing.
Frank visually saw that the two big hairy legs in the pants were almost waltzing.
The reason why he didn't dance the waltz directly was because this guy soon didn't even have time to sigh-
Before public opinion was completely detonated, the president of Universal Pictures personally called the distribution department and shouted: "I don't care what method you use, put all the resources you can into this oriental movie......
The major well-informed theater parties also called for a copy as soon as possible, obviously taking the initiative to increase the film schedule.
After all, even a fool can see that when public opinion is completely detonated, this movie is going to be popular, and it is going to be a big hit!
It is said that the capitalist does not scatter the eagle when he sees the rabbit, but on the contrary, when he sees the rabbit, the capitalist's action of scattering the eagle is also beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Don't have to wait too long, in North America, the news that several murderers were arrested one after another because of the same movie is like a super tsunami, which swept the whole United States and even the world in just a few hours!
At this time, the most "annoying" thing for the North American media is that the headlines on the front page are not enough!
The "art" of the skinner? The ogre's "sharing"? The "bad luck" of male and female thieves? Or is it the magic of the movie "The Silence of the Lambs"?
Each of these special ones deserves to be in the headlines!
"Sometimes, it's not a good thing to have too many hot spots." The North American media in the carnival invariably sighed.
And no matter which one is chosen as the headline, it is inseparable from the movie of "The Initiator".
As a result, it seems that overnight, the popularity of "The Silence of the Lambs" in North America, or the popularity of the entire Western world, soared like a rocket!
The enthusiasm of movie fans is no longer limited to the horror movie audience, but spreads to the whole people, spewing out like a volcanic eruption.
Among them, it is worth mentioning that New York movie fans.
It is said that all the theaters in New York that show this movie have to have a vomit bag for each seat, and after watching a movie, the theater is filled with smell...... Ecstasy!
However, the enthusiasm of New York movie fans is the best in the United States.
I vomited when I watched it, and I had to praise this movie if I vomited...... This has become a wonderful scenery of this movie in North America.
And such an influence, of course, was fed back to the box office for the first time.
On Monday, the first working day after the weekend holiday, the rumors were limited to a few well-informed people that "The Silence of the Lambs" was roughly in line with box office forecasters, falling more than 60 percent to less than $5 million a single day.
On Tuesday, public opinion began to explode, and the film rose against the market at the box office in a single day without suspense, doubling and getting more than $9 million.
On Wednesday, public opinion continued to ferment, and the single-day box office continued to soar, hitting $12 million, and surpassed Disney's live-action movie in one fell swoop to become the top of the daily box office charts!
Hollywood filmmakers and box office agencies were so stunned to watch the whole United States be talking about this movie, watching its box office soar like this, completing the overtaking of Disney's huge investment in the big production!
The key is that with the current momentum of this movie, this reversal is estimated to be a foregone conclusion!
The worst is Disney - not only has the big production with high hopes been suppressed, but the "folk customs and simplicity" of its own vice president is also on the verge of being played bad by the media.
"That idiot has become the laughing stock of the whole world!" Benjamin, who finally had time to catch his breath, could only gloat over Disney's misfortune.
-- There are still superpowers in the ranks, and the news of the four murderers in North America "lining up to report" has also become a hot topic of discussion among people all over the world in a very short period of time.
The ferocity of North American criminals and the ups and downs of the story naturally stunned people all over the world!
And in this topic, the so-called "folk customs and simplicity" of the vice president of Disney has also been mentioned again and again, and has become a laughing stalk of people all over the world!
Well, even if there is no incident of the murderer "surrendering", the saying that "the people of North America are simple" is funny enough.
This is not an era when there is only one superpower in the world, and the media is all about its "family opinion".
At the very least, the media in the East are very fond of reporting on the violent incidents of North American people with guns and many talents taking to the streets to smash and loot - similar incidents have happened over and over again in North American history, and have been played over and over again in Hollywood movies, and continue to happen in reality......
Under such circumstances, North America has become the "hardest hit area" for the murderers to surrender, which is just another confirmation of the facts.
Even the North American media ridiculed: "The United States has never been a country known for its good law and order, especially among developed countries; It's hard to imagine that the vice president of Disney has the courage to say that our level of law and order is far superior to that of the Oriental ......."
- Well, it's actually a media owned by Universal Pictures.
- and not a "discovery of conscience", it is purely ...... If he was arrogant before, he had to allow me to "whip the corpse" afterwards, right?
"Where did he get the courage? It's very simple.,Disney was born in animation.,It's normal to be naïve.。 Benjamin laughed and followed his own media to continue to "whip the corpse".
On the contrary, Frank, who was not angry before, did not follow the ridicule, but pointed out sharply,
"Laughing at him can't hide the regret of the distribution department."
The laughter came to an abrupt end.
Benjamin let out a sigh and said helplessly: "You're right, the distribution department is a little regretful that I didn't listen to your publicity suggestions." ”
"The Silence of the Lambs" is now doing well at the single-day box office in North America, but it is not enough for the world.
Because, the screen of this movie is only in its early 3000s now.
This can't be helped, although the theater side is very willing to cooperate with the increase in film scheduling, but it takes time to make copies, and it also takes time to adjust the film schedule - Disney, which occupies the majority of the film schedule in the same period, is also one of the five majors, and they use the contract to put pressure on the theater line, and the latter cannot absolutely ignore it.
In short, the distribution department regrets the most that it did not strive for more than 3,000 opening screens at the beginning, otherwise, after further increasing the film schedule, the weekday box office would have exceeded $15 million long ago.
- Although the film had a North American box office estimate of $60 million last weekend, it has largely satisfied the distributor, Universal Pictures.
- After all, according to the account-sharing agreement with Dunhuang, they can not only properly recover the cost of 10 million yuan for publicity, but even have a lot of money to make.
As for now, 60 million? I'm afraid it's not a fraction of the final box office!
Frank agrees.
The reason is simple - the people of North America are about to go crazy for the ogres in the movie!
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Changed and changed, should ...... It's not out of line~~~
(End of chapter)