Chapter 079

Although it is far away from the east coast, the new york times not only surpasses the Los Angeles Times in the US press, but also has a very significant international influence. Any news in such a newspaper may cause a very wide range of social repercussions.

There is a three hour time difference between the East and west coasts of North America.

As a result, the sky in Los Angeles has just lit up, and the article in the New York Times that strongly questioned Simon and "Lola Run" has quickly spread all over Hollywood.

Along with this article comes the North American box office data of the past weekend.

From March 6 to March 8, the box office momentum of "Lola Run" has not been affected at all, although there are two new films released this week, namely "lethal weapon" starring Mel Gibson of Warner Brothers and "angel heart" starring Robert De Niro of MGM.

Due to the large-scale opening of "Lola Run" theaters on the East and west coasts, a total of 1176 screens brought us $18.51 million to the box office of the film in three days, easily winning the North American box office ranking again this weekend.

At the same time, considering that going out today will definitely encounter more crazy pursuit than before, Simon simply called Mike medova and others to come to palisade.

About 9:30 a.m.

As he also lives in palisade, Simon now has a close interest relationship with Fox pictures. As a senior representative of fox, Amy Pascal, vice president of fox pictures, has come here.

Struggling through the crowd of reporters, Amy Pascal drives into Simon's mansion, where several cars have been parked.

As soon as Amy got out of the car, Janet met her.

With a few simple greetings, Janet takes Amy to the backyard. Amy followed Janet, but couldn't help looking around.

An acre of British system is equivalent to about 4000 square meters. The mansion in front of us is more like a small manor. It is surrounded by a cliff, surrounded by green trees, Mediterranean style villas, swimming pools and gardens, and a private tennis court in the front yard.

Amy Pascal is not very clear about the value of the mansion, but remembers that a few years ago, Spielberg also bought a 13 acre piece of land in palisade, and then invested more than $4 million in housing construction.

In recent years, house prices in Los Angeles have gone crazy.

Although he has been vice president of fox film industry since he was less than 30 years old, especially as a woman, it is very rare in Hollywood. However, Amy Pascal is a little frustrated to find that such a mansion is still too far away from her.

With this in mind, Amy Pascal can't help thinking about Simon westrow's solicitation at the party on Saturday.

A small moment, suddenly feel.

Maybe.

Can you really take a chance?

Soon came to the backyard, looking around, lawn edge should be used for sunbathing a group of sofas are sitting around four people, Simon is one of them. Not far away, there are two or three young men and women under the eaves of the villa. They are busy answering the phone. They should be secretaries and assistants of several people on the sofa.

Seeing Amy coming, everyone got up to say hello.

Amy knows three of them, including Simon himself, Orion film president Mike medova and Simon's agent Jonathan Friedman. The last middle-aged woman who seems to be about 40 or 50 years old, after introduction, Amy knows that the other person is Pat Kingsley, the public relations manager Simon just hired.

Finding that she was the last one to arrive, Amy was a little embarrassed and apologized. Janet poured Amy a cup of coffee, handed her a folder, and then turned to the other side under the eaves. Everyone took their seats again.

After sitting down, Amy Pascal just opened the file in his hand, and then heard pat Kingsley say: "Simon, and everyone, now it's basically certain that this is an obviously premeditated public opinion attack, and it's just a beginning, a trial. If we can't respond immediately, the next game will be even worse for us

Amy Pascal had read the article more than once before she came here. Although she was not an innocent person, she still asked suspiciously after listening to pat Kingsley's determined tone: "pat, is there any evidence?"

Pat Kingsley and Amy are not familiar with each other. When they hear this question, they just shake their heads subconsciously.

Simon saw Amy look at himself and said, "Amy, if you want to prove that I didn't shoot Lola Run myself, who should you investigate most?"

Amy Pascal thought about it a little bit, and then said, "members of the cast."

"Yes, the crew."

Simon nodded and raised his hand to pat Kingsley.

Pat Kingsley then added, "Ms. Pascal, you should have read that article, too. Mark Hollington just starts from Simon's growing up experience, and according to the common cognition of most ordinary people, he concludes that "Lola Run" can't be completed by Simon himself, which is very rash and absurd. If he really cares about the truth of the film, he should contact the staff involved in the production of "Lola Run."Amy nodded seriously and said, "pat, just call me Amy. So, what do we do next? I've been on the phone with Mr. Goldberg before, and fox will try to cooperate here. "

Although the contract of "death is coming" has not been officially signed, even because this incident will drag on for a few days. However, "Butterfly Effect" will be released on April 10, with only one month to go. As a close stakeholder, fox does not want the New York Times article to cause too many waves.

"Lola Run" box office situation is very good, but suddenly such a move. Among the five people in this room, Mike medova is obviously the most anxious one, otherwise he would not have called Simon before dawn. At this time, he couldn't help saying: "Simon, the negatives of" Lola Run "must still be there. I think you should cut a piece of shooting gag as soon as possible, which is obviously the best way to clarify."

Simon shook his head and said, "Mike, there's no gag like that you want. In order to save money, I even hoped that every shot would pass one by one. It was impossible to waste film to shoot unimportant things. "

"Then let the crew come forward to endorse it," Mike medova said. After thinking about it, he said, "Orion can pay for it, even in the publicity expenses."

Listening to Mike medova's eager tone, Simon's agent Jonathan Friedman couldn't help saying, "Mike, I don't think it's a good choice for us to be in a hurry to respond to that article now."

Mike medovaton was puzzled, but Simon nodded slightly.

Pat Kingsley also said with approval: "it's true. We immediately come forward to clarify that there will only be more doubts, because the people who manipulate this matter do not want to see the truth at all. They just want to destroy the public image of Simon and" Lola Run "and let the fans continue to have doubts."

Mike medova is just in a hurry, and he has been in Hollywood for many years. Pat Kingsley gives a little explanation, and he immediately wakes up. He also knows that pat Kingsley has not finished what he has said.

Some people do this, the ultimate goal is to curb "Lola Run" box office.

After all, it's just that the box office figure of "Lola Run" just over the past weekend is 18.51 million US dollars, which has surpassed most of the big selling films in the popular schedule.

The number of people watching movies in North America is basically fixed every year, which has been about 1 billion in recent years.

According to the estimated box office figure of $150 million to $200 million, the average ticket price of about $4 at present is equivalent to 37 million to 50 million movie goers, which is a very conspicuous or dazzling proportion of the total one billion movie goers.

"Lola Run" box office is too high, it is doomed to ebb and flow, affecting the box office of other films.

Even according to the strong box office curve of "Lola Run", not to mention the recent hits of "lethal weapon" and "angel heart", even the Easter movies one month later and even the early summer movies in May may may be affected by "Lola Run" and the box office will shrink.

Thinking of this, Mike medova couldn't help rubbing his temples.

He even had a premonition that for this reason, even if no one manipulated the New York Times article behind the scenes, a group of people would rush to pour a few barrels of gasoline on such a spark.