As a leader in the global film industry!

The United States has always been the focus of world film attention with its huge film market and diverse review system. The prosperous film market in the United States has given birth to the profession of film critic!

As a rule, each movie will hold a "Movie Screening Party" before its release to invite these well-known American film critics. After watching the movie, these well-known film critics will receive some souvenirs and red envelopes from the film distributor.

Although it is difficult to hear good things from these film critics, these film critics will also review the movie as appropriate after receiving the red envelope.

【Ghost Story】Because of his low-cost production, Tao Xi had no intention of paying these people to eat and drink for free.

From the perspective of outsiders, there is actually no problem with this move. I have no money in my pocket, so I won’t invite you. You go your way and I will go my single-plank bridge. Don’t pay attention to anyone. This matter will be over.

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But the premiere box office of "The Ghost Story" was so scary. On the first day of the premiere, "The Ghost Story" had a box office of 12 million yuan on 3,000 screens.

Although Tao Xi has not carefully calculated the true cost of Ghost Story, but including his publicity and distribution expenses, it definitely does not exceed US$5 million!

If it were placed in the summer or Christmas season, the 12 million box office would not cause any splash, but in April, the off-season movie season, the 12 million box office on the first day was enough for those who make a living by reviewing movies.

film critics are "flocking for it"!

Taosi was so angry when he saw a lot of film critics criticizing "The Ghost Story" in the "Chicago Sun" that he almost threw the radio in his hand and smashed it!

"These damn parasites!"

Marco doesn’t have any intuitive feelings. Although he is a nominal director, Marco’s participation and publicity of the film are very low. However, Jerry Bruckheimer, the real producer of the film, is helpless.

He advised: "Forget it, this group of film critics is actually not very consistent with the movie-watching crowd of [Ghost Story]. People who really watch our movies will not listen to these people's comments."

When Tao Xi heard Jerry's words, he complained with a look of displeasure: "Look at the U.S. box office revenue statistics of Ghost Movie! Chicago's box office revenue is second only to San Francisco and Seattle! If these damn movie critics

If people say something unpleasant, my ghost record will still make money!"

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Tao Xi stood up immediately, holding the [Chicago Sun News] in his hand and said viciously: "Since they don't say good things about me, I will smash their jobs! Let's see who is afraid of whom! I am a night crawler!!!

"

"Marco! Pack your things, let's go to New York first!"

In the United States, film critic is a profession. Some film critics have strong credibility in Hollywood, and the opinions of excellent film critics have a guiding role in the industry.

Tao Xi's worry is not unreasonable. The initial group of people watching the movie were brought by Tao Xi through the promotion of ABC and Yellow Pages. In the [supernatural event] environment he created, if there are enough

With the publicity, a group of people who are curious about [supernatural events] will flock to it, and Tao Xi will make a lot of money in the end!

But if some discordant voices suddenly pop up in this publicity case, it is very likely that those who are curious will gradually lose their curiosity, and eventually lead to the bankruptcy of [Ghost Record].

Tao Xi didn't like this kind of accident happening out of his control.

[A shoddy horror commercial film, I have to lament that MGM, a company that once led the art trend in the 1960s, has fallen. Why can a horror film like The Ghost Story, which abuses the curiosity of the people, be released? 】

This movie review is not unkind. The four words "shoddy" seem to directly judge this movie! If "Ghost Story" hadn't been aimed at moviegoers who were mainly people from the bottom of society, maybe the third

The box office of [The Ghost Story] collapsed in two days.

However, Griggs, a film critic who lives in New York, is enjoying the various benefits brought to him by being a film critic with a comfortable face at home.

A bottle of 1982 Lafite plus a medium-rare beef from New York's three-star Michelin. If you put it on someone else, he might need to make a reservation at least half a month in advance, but Grigris Neto doesn't need to.

He only needs to dial a phone number, and distribution managers from major companies will rush to send him all the things he needs.

The dim candles and red wine made Grigris Neto feel much better. Hollywood, which had been going downhill since 1982, began to bloom with his vitality again overnight, with hundreds of millions of dollars in various products.

It's not uncommon for movies to hit the box office.

Recently, [Amblin Entertainment]'s upcoming movie [Back to the Future] has made film critics like them active again.

Because the last movie "ET" was filmed by that sensible guy from Spielberg, this time "Amblin Entertainment" followed their usual practice of public relations with film critics!

"Hey, there are many people in Hollywood! There are still many sensible people. Those stupid young people who only know how to spend money to build theaters but don't know how to spend money to build good relationships with people like us will sooner or later be eliminated by the melting pot of Hollywood.

!”

Grigris Netto gently picked up a piece of beef with a fork, chewed it slowly and enjoyed it, and then took a sip of red wine.

Kathleen Kennedy, who was standing in the kitchen helping the Michelin chef serve the dishes, came over with a plate of freshly baked abalone with an enthusiastic face: "Are you talking about the movie [The Ghost Story] again? I heard that they and

The relationship with MGM is very good! Some of your comments in the [Chicago Sun-Times] yesterday were too explicit.”

"Catherine! As a senior, I have to give you a piece of advice. The rules of film critics cannot be broken!"

"Although I am only an insignificant member of the New York Film Critics Association, the nearly 400 members of the association need to eat. If you ignore me today, and he will ignore me tomorrow, where will our living space be in the future?"

Grigris Neto said these words calmly, but these words made Kathleen Kennedy, the founder of Amblin Entertainment, a little unhappy.

But because it was a candle, Grigris Neto did not notice the abnormalities in others and continued to eat his own beef.

"Okay! Catherine, I know it's not easy for you to make a movie. I will put in a good word for you in front of those old guys."

Katherine Kennedy smiled reluctantly when she heard what Griglis said: "Okay, thank you for your hard work. I need to send the chef out later, so I will take him and leave first!"

"Okay! You go ahead, I have a friend coming soon."

Kathleen Kennedy was not angry when she saw Grigris Neto sitting motionless in her seat. Instead, she took out a gift box from her satchel and placed it gently on the table before leaving.

Grigris Neto heard the sound of the door closing downstairs, so he opened the gift box with his left hand and took a look at the contents. When he saw the US dollar bills and a piece of exquisite jewelry in the gift box: "Ha!

This is how film critics are treated!”

After leaving the house, Kathleen Kennedy sat in the car and rubbed her cheeks vigorously after seeing off the chef she had paid a high salary to hire from a Michelin restaurant in New York.

Before she could react, a woman who didn't look very outstanding, but was dressed very enchantingly, swung her butt and walked out of a car.

Katherine Kennedy looked at the woman carefully, and Katherine Kennedy muttered directly: "Jacqueline Bisset? The heroine of [Anna Karenina]! Why is she here?"

Soon, Jacqueline Bisset knocked on the New York film critic's door with a smile on her face.

The two of them kissed passionately at the door, and then Jacqueline Bisset was hugged into the house by the old man Griglis.

Just when Kathleen Kennedy was still stunned, a black shadow swooped up.

The black shadow moved very quickly. In three clicks, he climbed up to the second floor along the drainage pipe of the house. Just when Kathleen Kennedy was about to take a closer look, a man knocked on her car window.

"Hey! If you don't want your bribery of the New York Film Critics Committee tonight to make the front page of tomorrow's newspaper, I advise you to stay out of your own business!"

Kathleen Kennedy did not dare to roll down the car window. With a vigilant look on her face, Kathleen Kennedy held a mobile phone in her hand and threatened the people standing outside the car window.

"I really hope you can call the police!" The man directly played the recorded voice in his hand to the founder of Amblin Entertainment.

[Okay, I will put in a nice word for you in front of those old guys...]

"fxxk! You damn paparazzi! Do you know that what you are doing now is breaking the law!"

Taosi spread his hands indifferently to Kathleen Kennedy who rushed out of the car and retorted: "If you want, I can go to jail for a few days, but I will definitely invest in your movie before going to jail.

Take the $19 million movie to jail with me!"

Kathleen Kennedy finally saw Tao Xi's face clearly under the streetlight, the boss behind the scenes of [Neil United Cinemas]!

Kathleen Kennedy and Spielberg investigated him. He had a very good relationship with some academic artists at MGM. They originally thought that Taosi was just a simple funder. Until what just happened, Katherine had no idea.

Some people understand.

Tao Xi saw Catherine with a bewildered look and smiled: "It seems you know me! Very good, I hope you can bear these things that happened today silently!"

After saying all this, Taosi turned around and climbed up to the roof of the New York film critic's building, leaving Kathleen Kennedy standing there stupidly.

Because she understood Tao Xi’s words, [Amblin Entertainment] bore the hatred of the New York Film Critics Association!

If Catherine guessed correctly, Grigris Netto, the damn film critic, has made an appointment with two groups of people tonight. One is them [Amblin Entertainment], and their appearance is for Grigris’ consumption tonight.

Pay the bill; and the other group is "Anna Karenina", which is currently in theaters. Everyone will understand the late-night visit of the heroine.

If Grigris Netto is hyping the movie "Anna Karenina" tomorrow in the New York Times and the Chicago Sun-Times, Tausi will use the time difference to find competitors of these two newspapers to sell the movie.

After all the scandals about Grigris Neto came out, the first person Grigris Neto suspected was them [Amblin Entertainment]!

And "The Ghost Story" will go through the next release period smoothly. Thinking of what Kathleen Kennedy can do here, because she just sent money to Grigris to hire a Michelin chef, they

It must have been photographed as well.

"These damn fools!"

"Don't they know how to use their brains when judging movies?"

Kathleen Kennedy viciously kicked the door of a nearby car with her high-heeled feet. When the car siren sounded, Kathleen Kennedy quickly walked away.

But Marco lay on the roof and recorded the physical fight between Grigris Netto and the actress with an excited look on his face!

"Tao Xi! That old man is really useless."

"Stop talking nonsense, take a photo of him and we can leave!"

Tao Xi was blowing the sea breeze in New York with his legs crossed on the roof with a proud face, enjoying the duets around him. Suddenly Tao Xi thought of Sophie Marceau who was far away in Africa, and she didn't know that Sophie Marceau had received it.

Will she be happy with the luxury endorsement contract he sent out~

However, Tao Xi has been slow to give Monica Bellucci's contract to her. To be honest, the two of them only met once and there was no need for Tao Xi to help her.

"But her figure is awesome!"

"You think so too? That woman is indeed very nice!"

Tao Xi turned his head and glanced at Marco, who was looking excited, and slapped him on the back of his head: "Take your video well, what are you thinking about!"

Marco had a stinking look on his face and muttered something that Tao Xi couldn't hear, but his eyes didn't leave the scene in the camera the whole time.

In less than 3 minutes, the old man got into the bathroom, leaving the woman alone in front of the mirror gesturing at the jewelry the old man had just given him.

"Okay! Let's go quickly!"

Marco climbed down immediately after hearing Taosi's arrangement, and Taoxi followed closely and left the place. Instead, Grigris Neto returned to the bed and lay on the bed with a look of enjoyment.
Chapter completed!