Chapter six hundred and ninety third
In the next week, the trend of "Twilight" was not as bad as expected. With the arrival of Thanksgiving holiday, and the quality of movies such as "Quantum Crisis" currently being screened is not much better than "Twilight". Many families' first choice for movie viewing is "Twilight".
Especially those families with young girls contributed considerable box office during the Thanksgiving holiday.
On Thanksgiving Day, the single-day box office of "Twilight" once again reached more than $15 million, and the North American box office totaled $128.54 million.
The worse the more you get, the more you love it seems to have become an exclusive symbol of "Twilight". No matter how noisy, noisy, or slander the outside world is, fans remain unmoved.
Reality sets a huge gap between the popularity and authenticity of Twilight: on one side there are unrivalled fans, and on the other side there are criticisms from the media to critics to adult male audiences.
It has to be said that there is a huge disconnect between the preferences of teen movie fans and the media on Twilight.
Ultimately, the cultural elites who have the right to speak in the media look down on the "cultural losers" who have the right to speak in the box office.
Another phenomenon is that several young actors are incredibly popular.
On Thanksgiving night, because he was alone, Matthew accepted the invitation from Helen Hermann to celebrate Thanksgiving together at her house and enjoy the traditional turkey meal.
What he didn't expect was that Helen Hermann also invited several other people to come.
Among them are two of the Angel Agency's two most trusted deputys, including Elena Boyal and Amanda. In addition, Amanda also brought her best friend Alexandra Dadario.
However, these people have one thing in common, they are all women!
Also, including Matthew, they worked alone in Los Angeles, and no one celebrated Thanksgiving together.
As the host, Helen Herman presided over the turkey split ceremony, and the atmosphere gradually became warmer.
"Helen, the turkey tastes good." Matthew picked up the glass and raised it at Helen Hermann. "You can't bake it myself, right?"
"Not me." Helen Herman pointed to the woman with short blond hair. "This is Amanda's masterpiece."
Matthew looked at Amanda and showed an exaggerated expression, "No way? Do you have this skill?"
Amanda picked up the cup and raised it to Matthew, "Matthew Horner can taste my roasted turkey, and it's a pleasure! We're going to have a drink."
After saying that, she killed the wine in the cup.
Matthew also drank it all in one go.
Ilena Poyal next to him poured wine for him, then picked up his cup, and cried with Matthew, "Cheers."
Matthew had no choice but to pick up the cup and drink another cup.
As soon as he put down the cup, Elena Poyal poured it on him again. Alexandra Dadario, opposite him, suddenly smiled at him and said, "Matthew, long time no see, I'll give you a cup."
Looking at Alexandra Dadario's pair of blue eyes with strange eyes, Matthew clinked her glasses and drank another glass.
After drinking three glasses of wine, Matthew didn't feel very good even if it was wine. The two executives of the Angel Agency suddenly drank with him one after another, and his stomach was a little overwhelming.
"You won't be drunk, are you?" Ilena Boyal suddenly asked in a low voice.
Matthew shook his head, "No." He glanced over the women sitting at the dining table, and leaned into Ilena Poyal's ear and said, "I just think it's a bit special for me to sit among you guys."
"What's special?" Ilena Boyal suddenly smiled, "Does it feel like you are opening a harem?"
Matthew glanced at her, "Stop kidding, here..."
He was about to say that the women here were both working and friends, but he saw Alexandra Dadario whispering to Amanda, and swallowed the words he hadn't said.
Ilena Poyal looked at Matthew and whispered deliberately, "Dadario's breasts seem to be bigger than before, I want to try the feel."
Matthew withdrew his gaze from Alexandra Dadario, "You female hooligan."
Ilena Poyal clinked glasses with Matthew again and said, "It's far worse than you."
After dinner, they left the restaurant and, led by Helen Hermann, visited her mansion.
Located on the beach in Malibu, this residence covers an area of nearly two acres. It was recently purchased by Helen Hermann. She is now the top rich man in the entertainment agency circle.
After walking around and returning to the living room, everyone was scattered in the living room and chatting casually, without any intention of saying goodbye to leave for the time being.
Matthew found Alexandra Dadario, "Long time no see, Anna."
Alexandra Dadario looks much thinner than before, so the larger area is highlighted even bigger.
"I also attended the premiere of Twilight last week," said Alexandra Dadario.
"Sorry." Matthew patted his forehead lightly, "I didn't notice it at that time."
Alexandra Dadario shook his head slowly, "It's okay."
Matthew naturally changed the topic, "How is his work recently? Which crew are you in?"
"Several small crews." Alexandra Dadario smiled, "Helen won me a heroine in a small production and a permanent role in a TV series."
In fact, since "I Am Legend", her development has not been smooth. Her acting skills are limited, and the Angel Agency cannot invest too much resources in her like she did when she treated Matthew.
Just as Matthew was about to speak, Amanda suddenly walked over. Her originally golden brown short hair was dyed platinum and looked quite dazzling.
"What are you talking about?" She pulled open the chair and sat next to Alexandra Dadario.
Alexandra Dadario pointed here, "Matthew is discussing work with me."
"Work?" Amanda looked at Matthew and said, "By the way, the National Charity Federation is ready to award you the Outstanding Contribution Award. Remember to join the itinerary and receive the award at that time."
Matthew nodded slightly, "You send the specific date to Bella Anderson."
Amanda answered, "No problem." She continued, "UNHCR sent an invitation to ask you to take time to go to Africa with them next year to investigate the survival status of women and children among refugees."
"You communicate with them." Matthew didn't mean to refuse, "let them make specific dates, itineraries and plans."
He then asked, "UNHCR seems to be quite high-profile in the past two years, and has made frequent moves."
Amanda laughed, lowered his voice slightly, and said, "UNHCR Supreme Commissioner Gutierrez is interested in the position of Secretary-General."
Matthew instantly understood, "If you want to have a high position, you have to make some achievements."
He is not very proficient in politics, but he also has a certain understanding of it.
After Amanda came, Alexandra Dadario was sadly aware that she could not interfere between the two of them. The topics Matthew and Amanda were not something that could be touched by her level.
The gap between her and these two people is getting bigger and bigger.
After hearing Matthew chat with Amanda for a few more words, Alexandra Dadario simply went to the bathroom as an excuse and left here.
As soon as she walked for a while, Helen Hermann came over.
"Some jobs, please pay attention to them." She came over and talked about work, of course, "the pay negotiations with Nina Duboff, Lily Collins and Liam Hemsworth should be carried out earlier."
Matthew nodded, "I know. Sean Daniel will start negotiating with them next month."
"God..." Amanda turned to look at Helen Hermann, "Dear, this is a Thanksgiving party. You can't talk about anything other than work?"
Helen Hermann asked lightly, "What are you talking about just now?"
Amanda was stunned, "Uh..." she continued, "We are talking about how to help African refugees with lofty ideals."
Helen Herman ignored her and said to Matthew, "After the success of "Twilight", Susan Collins couldn't sit still, so he called me continuously, hoping that we could adapt "The Hunger Games" as soon as possible."
Matthew thought for a while and said, "You reply to her and we will start preparing next year."
The success of "Twilight" is by no means the end of the teenager's movie to fans, but just the beginning.
Taking teenage novels or stories as genes and attracting teenage movie stars of the same age, plus overall planning, production and publicity, is enough to create a huge wave in today's film market.
This movie formula will soon be learned, understood and practiced by more and more companies. In this sense, the "Post Twilight Age" has just begun.
It's time for the Hunger Games to start.
However, the order in which the sequel to Twilight initiates is ahead of The Hunger Games.
After all, this series already has a mature team. In addition to the starring actors, Sean Daniel and Sofia Coppola will continue to stay.
Moreover, he and Sofia Coppola have reached a consensus that they will copy the first shooting mode: mtv-style shots, silly dialogues, strange love and inexplicable hatred.
This short, flat and fast movie mode has achieved strange success, and there is no reason not to continue.
The "Twilight" series and the subsequent "Hunger Games" series can be operated according to this formula.
After the party ended, Matthew found Alexandra Dadario before leaving Helen Herman's mansion.
"I saw you didn't drive here," he asked tentatively. "I passed by Burbank, why don't you take my car?"
The two had a long-term intimate relationship. Of course, Alexandra Dadario knew the meaning behind the invitation. Matthew obviously wanted to surf.
Chapter completed!