Chapter 904： Public apology

\"&　　 When "Life and Death Hour" appeared at the box office at the premiere, in fact, people already knew that the balance of winning and losing in this box office gambling game had already tilted, and the 30 million-level premiere data had almost booked a 100 million box office seat. , But no one expected that the day when the victory or defeat was settled would come so soon.

"Life and death per hour" only took three weeks-or more accurately, 17 days, it broke through 100 million US dollars at the box office and achieved a strong victory. The "New York Post" almost lost without much struggle. Dropped this bet. Neither the "wolf" with high hopes or the "little trick" among the short ones can snipe the "speed of life and death". On the contrary, it has made the "speed of life and death" a gorgeous summer stall. Counterattack.

In the past three weeks, the performance of "Life and Death Speed" is perfect, almost without any loopholes, from the grand premiere, to the enthusiastic reaction of the audience, to the praise of film critics, and finally Evolved into a box office victory, the whole process went smoothly, and the box office broke out even more naturally.

"New York Post\" Although struggling, the more they struggled, the more powerless they became, and they could only become clowns in the end.

Colin Mailer knew that no amount of sophistry would be useful. If you were to speak harder, it would only make the "New York Post" more embarrassing. What's more, when other media came to ridicule, they would be completely humiliated. Extending the head is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife. It is not as good as the "New York Post\" to admit the mistake first, but it can win the public's favor.

As a result, just as the movie box office rankings were announced on the weekend of the third week of June, the "New York Post\" had already known three days in advance that the "speed of life and death" had a box office of over 100 million, so their letter of apology was also official as soon as possible. Published.

"Sorry()!\"

The huge red apology font became the front page of the "New York Post\" this day. There is only this sentence in the entire layout, and the **** red has a powerful impact, shocking every reader.

Colin surrendered so swiftly and swiftly that it was unexpected to many people. They thought that Colin would entangle for a while, then have a fight with Hugo, and finally reluctantly surrender under the strong pressure of the media. After all, bowing to the artist is not an easy task, especially for the uncrowned king, it is more uncomfortable than killing them. This is not about winning or losing, but about dignity.

But Colin didn't have any struggles, and he admitted his mistakes without any urging from other media. Although there is no room for sophistry, this... is still too weird.

However, after reading the "New York Post\" article, it won't be weird, because Colin obviously didn't intend to bow his head.

"This is just a movie's success or failure, but the victory of box office numbers still cannot change our view of'Life and Death Speed'. Such a terrible work has been so sought after by the audience. This is a step backwards for Hollywood!

More importantly, the box office success of this work is not only Lancaster's victory alone, but also a terrible case of being a top artist: Lancaster's arrogance will only continue to boost his arrogance, and it will be like this in the future. The situation will become more and more serious, and with it will be the internal decay of Hollywood.

We can already foresee the collapse of Hollywood's golden age.

However, this newspaper does what it says, victory is victory, and failure is failure. In this gambling on the box office, "Life and Death Hour" won, and this newspaper will fulfill its promise and formally express its sincere apologies to Hugo Lancaster. \"

The "New York Post\" article is very long, almost occupying the entire page. They analyzed in detail the harm of the success of "Life and Death" to Hollywood, and Hugo's bad temper as an artist role model will cause The subsequent negative impact. It can almost be said to be alarmist, it was almost "Hugo will be the beginning of Hollywood's collapse".

However, after consoling from the perspective of a painstaking person who is worried about the prospects of Hollywood, at the end of the article, the "New York Post\" made another gesture of "willing to bet to lose", not only apologizing formally, but also portraying itself as an upright person. , The image of a gentleman who fulfills his promises.

I have to say that Colin does have a good set of things. The front page is just a sentence "I'm sorry" that attracted everyone's attention, and the subsequent articles have created a perfect image of himself and belittled a lot." Speed ​​of life and death" and Hugo, this is a martyr's posture that is awe-inspiring and would rather die than surrender.

If you don’t know why, I’ll wipe out tears after reading this article, and I’m deeply moved by the "New York Post\"'s persecution of the overall situation.

It can be seen that even if Colin lost, he still lost very decently. For a long time to come, the "New York Post\" will become the focus of attention, and they can also restore a lot of reputation. Therefore, this "Break of a Strong Man\" is definitely a bargain.

But Colin missed one point: The so-called focus cannot be achieved by unilateral planning, it needs the cooperation of the media. This is also the reason why the relationship between reporters and entertainers has been blurred because they need each other and restrict each other. This time, Colin's abacus obviously fell through.

The "New York Post\" apologized with the scarlet letter on the front page. Such a big news should have caused a sensation in the United States. After all, they are the top ten newspapers in the United States, and many media colleagues must be very happy to get down and go black." The New York Post\" came to the limelight. Colin waited for this moment, so that the image of "New York Post\" of bitter hatred and enduring humiliation was completely established.

However, unexpectedly, the day after the "New York Post\" apologized, none of the media reported this incident: note that there was no one! Even the small newspapers in the New York area did not report it! As if "New York Post" The newspaper\" didn't apologize at all, as if the earth-shattering news yesterday did not appear at all.

In an instant, Colin's expression changed. What does this mean? First, it means that the apology of the "New York Post\" cannot create a more far-reaching influence; second, if the media does not cooperate, it becomes the "New York Post\" singing a one-man show, bitter revenge There is no way to continue singing the deep bitterness drama. Third, this is the most important thing. The collective ignorance of the media is the exclusion of the "New York Post\". Behind this seems to mean that they have joined forces with the "New York Post\". Impose sanctions.

The "New York Post\" put itself in the position of the weak, waiting for other people's verbal criticism, but now there is no one to cooperate in this scene, and their lonely figure of the weak becomes ridiculous and absurd.

Colin immediately panicked: What on earth is going on?

If you look it up carefully, it is not difficult to find the truth.

Seeing the letter of apology from the "New York Post\", the media naturally flocked to Hugo and asked him what he thought, but Hugo refused to respond. He only said one sentence, "He said the start of the bet, and so is the bet. What he said, victory or defeat is still what he said, these are all his one-man shows, I have never participated in it.\"

The media immediately reacted. Hugo was mocking this incident as a self-hype of the "New York Post\", and he did not intend to cooperate with the performance.

Subsequently, Rick Rosen, Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Twentieth Century Fox opened fire and contacted all the news media, begging everyone not to report the "New York Post" apology. Let this matter be completely submerged in a huge wave of news.

The media certainly know that this is the self-hype of the "New York Post\", and they are willing to cooperate, that is, for the news and sales. But now, even if they do not report on the "New York Post", they still have many hot spots, especially when they "jointly banned" and were not hated by the big guys before, they are very willing to sell one of these big guys. Face-can also be regarded as an atonement for his previous blockade.

As a result, the "New York Post\" became lonely, and their apologies were like scarecrows shivering in the autumn rain. They were both untimely and unconcerned, which made them look like clowns, and countless news trends swarmed in. , Let the "New York Post\" disappear completely in this tsunami.

Shame, this is a great shame! Colin simply hated Hugo! However, the "New York Post" could not resist the huge trend of all news media, and could only be overwhelmed.

In this gambling game, the "New York Post\" lost even the panties, dignity, and pride. What is even more frightening is that the gambling situation is like sewage in the sewer, disappearing in a blink of an eye, and there will be no clues after that.

At the same time, the media are more concerned about the final box office of "Life and Death Speed". One hundred million box office is obviously no longer a problem, so how about 200 million?

The data of "Terminator 2" over the same period is 115 million U.S. dollars. The gap between the two has not been widened, but is gradually narrowing. At this time, people finally have to face the fact: "The speed of life and death. "Already have the ability to break the box office myth of "Terminator 2", the only US$200 million action movie in North America.

If you compare the summer files of last year, it becomes more interesting. "Night in Seattle" broke the box office record of love movies at the time, and "Schindler's List" at the end of last year broke the box office record of black and white movies. So this time, "Life and Death Speed\" will also include the box office record of the action movie?

The future progress of "Life and Death Speed" obviously depends on the performance of the next few weeks. It is not a paper tiger such as "Little Ghosts", but a real powerhouse such as "The Lion King" and "Forrest Gump"!

In the fourth week of June, the "Lion King\" strikes!

Originally, all the media’s eyes were on the "Lion King\", but because the "speed of life and death" in the third week of the box office reality was too amazing, the media discussion could not help but heated up, and everyone was talking: "Life and death speed" what kind of drop answer sheet will be handed over this week, you know, this time its opponent is "The Lion King"!

"The Lion King\" was created by Disney at a cost of 45 million US dollars It caused countless discussions before it was released. Disney’s last work "Aladdin\" achieved 217 million. Millions of outstanding achievements have made people full of expectations for the "Lion King" early on.

In fact, "The Lion King" has already been screened last week. This time, Disney made a huge breakthrough attempt. They put the "Lion King" spot in the Disneyland. Due to the special nature of Disneyland, the number of tourists that can be accommodated is much higher than that of ordinary theaters. The movie theater only shows this work for 24 hours, so the box office of a single library is obviously not measurable by common sense.

As a result, the excellent-quality "Lion King\" used a single-library box office sword of $790,000 to create a peak that no work can surpass in the next two decades. After that, Disney has also continued this kind of screening. The method completely dominates the historical ranking of the box office records of a single library, so that when people count the box office of a single library, they must add different prefixes such as "live-action movie\" and "animated movie\" to indicate distinction.

With an incredible score of 790,000 U.S. dollars in a single library, "The Lion King" officially landed on the North American film market in the fourth week of June! (To be continued [provided]. If you like this work, you are welcome to read it. A monthly pass for a recommendation vote for the work. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue to create!).