Los Angeles, Hollywood Highland Center.

Martin was too familiar with the place, took the invitation into the side door, and led Musk into the VIP room.

The two didn't walk the red carpet, they came early, and they saw Meghan Ellison when they entered the door.

The VIP room was huge, and there were already quite a few people coming, but Martin and Meghan's eyes passed through everyone and collided.

Musk put his hands in his trouser pockets and said: "The daughter of madman Larry Ellison, her personality is very similar to her father, man, you can do as much as you want, I will help you cover up, and I will definitely not rob you." ”

It is impossible for Martin to wronged his brother: "Aren't you cold? If you want to go, you can go. ”

Although Musk has a strong taste, he can't look down on her either, and grinned: "My target tonight is not Megan Ellison." ”

Just a moment after the two spoke, Meghan Ellison, as the owner, walked over quickly, looking at Martin and Musk with a little curiosity in her eyes, how did these two people get together?

Jerk attracts jerk?

Musk laughed: "I didn't expect to meet people from Silicon Valley here." ”

Meghan obviously didn't like this white fat man very much, and didn't pay attention to him at all, and after coming over, she looked at Martin and said, "Welcome to my movie premiere." ”

She is still confident: "See? I had a big premiere for Transcendental Hacker. ”

Martin is a super jerk: "Sorry, Elon and I came through the back door and didn't see your premiere. ”

Megan's face did not change: "When the film is successful, you can see it in the media countless times." ”

This was the first of three films, and Martin took a deep breath and said casually, "Congratulations in advance on your success." ”

The casualness and insincerity in these words can be heard even by a ten-year-old child, Meghan only took Martin's helplessness after losing the project, and said: "By the way, if this film is successful, I will give the screenwriter a supplementary payment, which should be the remuneration for the cooperation he chooses to cooperate with Annapurna Films." ”

Martin laughed: "I hope that after the film is released, you won't be too excited." ”

Although "Transcendental Hacker" has encountered a lot of bad things in the promotion, and Depp has also been criticized by the media, causing a lot of scolding on the Internet, Meghan Ellison has carefully studied countless cases in Hollywood in the past to prove that as long as the quality of the film is excellent, all of this is not a problem.

Before the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean", was Depp's reputation good?

Martin saw that Daniel was too lazy to talk to Meghan Ellison anymore and went to talk to Daniel for a while.

Daniel faced Martin with mixed feelings: "It would be nice if we were still working together. ”

Martin said, "Warners is going to pay my share first, right?" ”

Daniel didn't hesitate to push it on Jon Berg: "The money from the distribution company has long been transferred to Warner Pictures, and now it is Warner Pictures' problem. ”

This is in line with what Martin has learned, he didn't care about it, and Daniel didn't take care of it, saying, "Look at you, you've been under a lot of pressure lately? ”

Daniel said: "On the promotion of this film, the commander is constantly fighting fires, and you can toss one Depp more than a hundred." His words were very direct: "Originally, I thought that Depp and Annapurna Pictures would cooperate for a long time, and the distribution company would cooperate with Annapurna Pictures, and Depp might be able to become the object of long-term cooperation with Warner Pictures." ”

He shook his head: "As it turns out, I thought too simply. ”

Martin said: "I've been watching the news lately, and it's been very exciting. ”

Daniel was quite helpless: "If it weren't for the three-film distribution contract with Annapurna, I would have stopped it when I saw a movie starring Depp." ”

The two continued to make small talk, and Martin's eyes looked out from time to time, and soon spotted Amber Heard.

He said a few more words to Daniel, and Musk had already chatted with Amber Heard.

Depp is not there, and he is probably still outside the theater with the crew.

Musk's wealth of more than 100 million has obviously attracted the attention of Amber Heard.

Amber Heard happily exchanged contact information with Musk after he identified himself.

In her eyes, sooner or later she will divorce Depp, what should she do next?

Megan Ellison did give her the promise to use her as the lead actress in the future.

But Amber Heard is with Depp, money comes too easily, and it's too slow and too difficult to make money as a female star.

Where can I find a rich man?

Depp's pre-marital obsession also fueled Amber's self-confidence.

As for Musk, presumably Amber Heard happens to be in his aesthetic.

Perhaps, he has a soft spot for those or something.

Martin suddenly heard footsteps and turned to see Depp coming.

Depp's sturdy bodyguard hurriedly followed.

Bruce stepped forward and stood beside Martin.

Daniel said, "Martin, calm down. ”

Martin motioned to Depp with his chin: "You better calm him down first." ”

Depp stopped three meters away, his eyes dark from alcohol and drug addiction, like the name of the black mamba bar he opened, staring coldly.

Martin raised his hand and gagged his nose, and with his other hand, fanned in front of him.

Depp instantly became angry.

Many people in the VIP room, including Musk, quietly took out their mobile phones and aimed them at the waistband of Depp's pants, as if waiting for him to perform another feat on the set.

Depp's agent Whiggham chased after him from behind, held Depp's hand, and whispered, "He deliberately provoked you." ”

Martin smelled a mixture of cologne, alcohol, and smoke and said, "A strange smell." ”

Depp's chest rose and fell rapidly, and he didn't dare to take off his pants again after all.

The bodyguard whispered in his ear, "Have you forgotten the Coulson contact?" ”

Hearing the mosquito-like sound, Depp turned his head and left, looking back at Martin halfway, he wanted the bastard to be ruined.

Daniel then said, "It's almost time, let's go into the theater." ”

Amber Heard returned to her husband, and Musk followed Martin towards the theater hall, saying as he walked: "That woman is very easy to hook up with my charm, and I easily got the contact information, and I also made an appointment to have time to have tea together." ”

Martin quietly gave a thumbs up: "Sure enough, there are many billions of dollars." ”

Musk said: "Actually, you can do it, I promise that as long as you show a little meaning to her, she will never refuse you." ”

Martin hurriedly shook his head: "The taste is too strong, I'm afraid." ”

Musk said disdainfully: "You can't play too much." ”

Martin said, "You're too tasteful. ”

The two entered the theater hall, sat in the third row, and after a little waiting, the film screening began.

Because of the relationship between Depp and Meghan Ellison, Martin is watching this "Transcendental Hacker" very seriously.

The trailer and advertisement of this film give people a magnificent and subversive sci-fi sense similar to "Inception", but in fact it is a bloody drama film where love is paramount.

And the film also wants to explore some philosophical speculation topics like "The Matrix", but it does not have the skills of the Wachowski brothers or siblings or sisters.

Even Wachowski is now bound to engage in philosophical speculation.

The film may not be bad, but it is very, very mediocre.

In Musk's words, there is no one who wants to shoot a sci-fi masterpiece into a literary and artistic freshness.

During the screening, Martin looked around and noticed that many of the audience members were asleep.

This situation is much scarier than Michael Bay's scolding as a super bad explosive movie, which at least doesn't make people fall asleep in the theater.

Rooney Mara, who sat on the other side of Martin, fell asleep five times after a movie.

At the end of the premiere screening, there was still thunderous applause, the audience was very good, and there would be no less polite applause, and it was impossible to tell whether a film was good or bad based on these alone.

Musk applauded and said to Martin: "This is one of the most boring movies I've ever seen on the spot." ”

Martin was also applauding: "It may not suck, but it's really boring." ”

The crew took the stage together for a curtain call, and the audience began to disperse.

Martin glanced at his watch: "Let's go." ”

Musk didn't move, and winked at Martin: "You go first, I'll talk later." ”

Martin understood and left the theater directly.

On the way back to Beverly Hills, Martin swiped Twitter, and he was already complaining about the film.

"Depp's new film sucks."

"The announcement is so big, I thought there was a character like a captain or something, and that's it?"

"Johnny Depp is floating, he's not the original captain anymore."

"Boycott Depp! Resist the rotten actors who insult fans! ”

The upstairs on the review is crooked.

"Boycott Depp!"

"Boycott Depp's new film ......"

may be the recent publicity announcement, Depp is too capable of doing it, even if the crew and the distributor have urgent public relations after Nokia Place, he still can't get rid of his lateness and drunkenness.

Even if he made a public relations manuscript, he didn't remember it, or he couldn't remember it.

These have ruined the popularity of passers-by.

Die-hard fans alone can't support the box office of a Hollywood first-line production.

"Transcendental Hackers" also proves this.

Although there are piles of die-hard fans who support him, Depp's new film has achieved dismal results.

On Friday, on the first day of North American production, "Transcendental Hackers" earned only $4.81 million in 3,655 theaters.

Normally, a non-sequel or series would have been better at the box office on Saturday than on Friday if it had a slightly better response, but the film's single-day revenue on Saturday plummeted by 20 percent, to just $3.82 million.

Three days after its opening weekend, Transcendental Hackers grossed $10.88 million at the North American box office.

Compared to the film's production cost of up to $150 million, this box office result represents an investment tragedy.

The most terrifying thing is that the audience reputation of the film has completely collapsed.

According to data released by Cinemascore, a professional research agency in the film market, the average score of "Transcendental Hacker" in the first week of theater audiences is C, and the North American box office of the film is expected to be around $22 million.

Counting the overseas markets that have not yet been released, after the box office share of "Transcendental Hacker" is deducted by the distributor from the publicity and distribution costs plus management fees, etc., Annapurna Films' revenue at the box office is completely negligible.

(End of chapter)