~： One hundred and forty-seven - explodes before it's ready

Spielberg, the Jewish old man, was inexplicably optimistic. On the way back to the manor from the Four Seasons Hotel, Wayne was silently thinking about the reason.

This is not the first time he has taken advantage of being Jewish. Even people who are not in this group understand some things. Racial advantages will indeed make this small group of people more or less taken care of, which will make it easier for them in this circle. budding.

But these are obviously not the reasons why Spielberg would squeeze out the time to participate in the premiere of a junior like him. Wayne has a very clear understanding of his position, and he is not that big now.

Thinking that the old man gave him time to play golf together, and he wanted to introduce his own boss, Wayne suddenly raised his head and asked his assistant. "Nina, I remember saying the other day that Jeffrey Katzenberg was having a conflict with Michael Eisner, right?"

The car had already entered the manor, and the assistant was about to remind him to get out of the car. When she heard the boss's question, she was stunned for a moment and immediately pulled out her notebook, which recorded the changes of most Hollywood executives. information.

"Yes, but that was a few days ago." Extending her finger to the newly added record, Nina let her boss watch. "Jimmy got word from CAA, that Disney tyrant, Michael Eisner, was going to kick Jeffrey Katzenberg out of the animation studio, out of the Disney Group."

That's right, he listened and nodded, thinking and walking to the bedroom on the third floor. Naomi Watts, who followed behind, looked puzzled, which was not like Wayne's usual attitude towards her.

Normally, as long as the two don't see each other for a while, the man can't wait to hold himself on the bed, and he will talk about everything later, and he has always acted like an animal.

"Nina, what happened at the party?" Looking at Wayne's back worriedly, the Australian beauty asked the little assistant softly. "I have been socializing in the Australian actor circle and have no idea about his situation."

While going upstairs, the little assistant shook his head. Asking her about this kind of thing is asking the wrong person. Even if Nina has seen everything, she will never tell anyone what happened to the boss. She thought very simply. If Wayne wanted Naomi Watts to know, he would never use himself to tell her anything.

There was a cool evening breeze blowing on the balcony, and wisps of blue smoke rose from the large reclining chair. A slender white finger suddenly took the cigarette out of the man's mouth and put it out into the ashtray.

Just after taking a shower from the bathroom, Naomi Watts only had a white bath towel on her body, looking down at the man who had been brainstorming. "Haney, it's not that I want to interrupt your thinking on purpose, but it's almost one o'clock in the morning. Maybe you can think about some things tomorrow?"

From the point of view of Wayne lying down, the towel of this Australian beauty is like trying to hide everything. It made her white glowing skin all the more seductive.

The straight and slender thighs hit Wayne's aesthetic point even more, causing him to stretch out his hand involuntarily. "Honey, you are so beautiful today!"

Then, in Naomi Watts' exclamation, he picked her up and turned to the bedroom. Perhaps it was the reason why she had been trained as a model all the year round, so that this woman's flexibility had always been excellent, and her endurance was far beyond what her figure should have.

The two are worthy of being the most tacit partners. Naomi Watts knows the way he likes, and when she deliberately makes a weak expression, it even triggers the tyranny in Wayne's heart.

The violent storm came and went quickly. After everything subsided, Naomi Watts lay on the man's chest and fell asleep with steady breathing.

Gently lit another cigarette, Wayne continued what he was thinking about before, with a grunt that only he could hear.

"Jeffrey Katzenberg, Steven Spielberg, then David Geffen is still missing? No, they should have all been contacted by now, Hollywood's seventh largest is coming... …”

The year 1994 is coming soon, and Wayne feels that Spielberg, the good man, should be planning DreamWorks ahead of schedule. There must be a reason for his care for himself, but there is no guarantee that there is a reason for his future plans.

This made him sigh involuntarily. "The favor of the big guys in the circle is not good!"

After he finished speaking, he put out the cigarette in his hand, turned off the lamp, and fell asleep with the Australian beauty in his arms.

Time is slowly advancing. After the Oscars ceremony, the media never mentioned the previous predictions, and began to collectively criticize the rigid thinking of the Academy on a large scale, and began to complain about the films that were not selected.

This is what happens every year, no matter whether the winner is in line with the prediction or not, as soon as the awards season ends, there will definitely be a sudden wave of voices complaining for the losers.

There are still many media complaining about Wei En. They feel that the director who has performed so well in the past two years has not been nominated for a best director. This is obviously proof that the academy is getting older, and the old men are more reluctant to give young people a chance. .

In the midst of these tumultuous voices, the month of May has come quietly, and the summer fight is about to begin again.

For the internal preview of "Joker", Warner Bros. invited film critics who have been working together, representatives from the media and theater alliances, and the film's professional reputation continued to grow.

In particular, the two major film critics in Los Angeles, Kenneth Turan and Todd McCarthy, began to spare no effort to tout and praise in their own columns in The Hollywood Reporter and Los Angeles Times respectively.

Representatives of the North American Cinema Alliance also opened a screening scale of more than 3,400 theaters for the May 15 schedule of "Joker".

After the time entered May, Warner Bros. suddenly started a large-scale bombing propaganda, and various public TV stations and cable TV networks appeared trailers of different versions of "Joker".

Its large and small paper media have started to continuously hype the film gossip, which is bound to make the information about the upcoming release of "Joker" available to the public at any time.

The third weekend in May, as soon as the theaters open their doors in the morning, they are overwhelmed by the influx of enthusiastic moviegoers. This movie-watching boom has caused many unprepared theaters to have all kinds of unexpected surprises.

Fortunately, movie fans are also entering the screening hall one after another. Although a large number of follow-up movie fans continue to come, the theater is finally slowly restoring order.

At the same time, theater companies across the United States were shocked by the sudden and abnormal market performance. Today is Friday, the day is still a working day, and even the premiere of the film is scheduled to start tonight.

At noon, almost all the headquarters of the theaters, large and small, received reports from the subordinate theater managers to change the screening plan, requesting to increase the number of screenings of "Joker" on the first day.

Temporarily limited increase of screenings is of course not a problem. Cinema companies also exist for profit, but if you want more screenings, you will face an embarrassing problem...

"What's wrong? What's the hurry?" He hurriedly opened the car door and walked down. Wayne turned his head and asked Jimmy, the anxious-looking manager who was waiting at the door. "There are still many things waiting for me at the premiere tonight. What is the situation of Warner Bros. that insists on calling me over at this time?"

Not caring to answer the questions on his client's face, Jimmy dragged him and wanted to trot into the building, which was a pain for the little assistant in high heels, staggering along with a briefcase in his arms.

It wasn't until he entered the elevator that Jimmy breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "It exploded, Wayne! It exploded!"

"what?"

"Don't you watch the news?" The agent still looked anxious, staring at the numbers that kept beating in the elevator. "There have been reports from many media. As soon as the theater opened this morning, fans watching "Joker" lined up in the theater..."

With a "ding", the elevator door just opened, and the agent grabbed his client and dragged him straight to the president's office.

"Hey, hey! Jimmy!" Wayne was obviously a little impatient. He started busy this morning, preparing for tonight's huge premiere, but was called here by an emergency call from his manager, and he didn't say anything. Not clear.

"Isn't it a good thing that there is a queue for our film? Damn, I'm going crazy, I don't have time to watch any news!"

Before the agent could answer, he was pulled in by John who was waiting at the door of the office, where Kevin Tesuhara was yelling at the phone. "...I don't care if you work overtime or whatever, even if it's a raise for the workers! Those damned copies must be printed out!"

After speaking, he immediately hung up the phone with a "pop", and when he saw Wayne coming in, he was about to speak, but was interrupted by another ringing of the phone.

While picking up the phone, Kevin Tesuhara gave him an apologetic look and pointed to the sofa in the lounge area.

"Yes, I have asked the printing factory to work overtime to step up production The copy will be delivered to your theaters tomorrow, okay, okay, no problem..."

The lounge area also sat Jeff Robinoff, director of film and television production, Thomas Mendes, director of distribution, and two other secretaries. Jeff explained in a low voice when Wayne sat down.

"Joker broke out this morning, completely ignoring the regularity of Fridays and workdays. We and the theaters underestimated the influence of the Super Bowl, Wayne! Everyone..."

Before he could finish his words, CEO Kevin Tesuhara, who had a surprise on his face, came over and patted Wayne on the shoulder hard, with a smile covering his thin face, and then Jeff The words said:

"All the theater companies have called us and asked to add more copies of the film. But our publicity department didn't prepare that much, including managers from various theater companies such as AMG, Emperor Cinemas, and American Artists. , and called my office!"

This kind of thing was something Wayne himself didn't expect, so he subconsciously asked. "Didn't you print 4,800 in advance? Not enough?"

"not enough!"