Entertainment: Start with Succubus and play Hollywood

"Hey guys, let's go to the movies today"

"What to see?"

"The Matrix!"

"Please, you've watched it twice, haven't you seen enough?"

"Of course it’s not enough. No matter how many times I watch it, it’s never enough. This is the coolest movie I’ve ever seen."

…………

In front of a movie theater.

A reporter is interviewing a young white man who is waiting in line to buy movie tickets.

Reporter:"What movie are you here to watch?"

Caucasian young man:"The Matrix, of course it's The Matrix, it's so cool. I watched two movies yesterday, and I plan to watch one more today."

Reporter:"Yours Is this dress Neo's style?"

The white youth:"Yes, that's right. I bought it in a peripheral store yesterday. Isn't it cool?" In

Los Angeles in April, the temperature has reached over 20 degrees. But it doesn't seem to have any effect on this one.

This young man is wearing the same black trench coat as the"Savior" in the movie, the same black sunglasses, a pair of thick black leather boots, and a white Apple MP3 player on his belt, which looks like a Nigerian O jumped out of the movie screen - well, if not for looks.

Reporter:"It seems that you like"The Matrix" very much.》？"

08 The white young man's eyes widened and he asked in surprise:"Of course, is there anyone who doesn't like it?"

Roger Ebert took the remote control, turned off the TV, sat back on the sofa, his eyes Once again, it fell upon the North American box office statistics in the newspaper in hand.

This is the single-day box office statistics for yesterday, Friday. There is no suspense about the number one spot, but the number is much higher than any expert expected.

《"The Matrix", 3,122 theaters, US$21.67 million in a single day on Friday, and a total of US$29.82 million in North America

《The single-day box office of"The Matrix" once again broke the single-day box office record of North American R-movies.

Roger Ebert had no idea where the film would end up at the box office.

But judging from the news we got from yesterday evening to this morning, the peripheral products of this film are very popular, even comparable to Disney's"The Lion King" back then, ranking first among live-action movies, surpassing"Jura" Memorial Park".

If this continues, Meyers Pictures will probably be able to recoup its costs by relying solely on peripheral income from cooperation with various manufacturers!

Roger Ebert looked aggrieved.

On the one hand, I regret coveting the $100,000 from that liar Harvey Weinstein and saying bad things about"The Matrix".

On the one hand, I am angry that my influence is so low that I can no longer affect the box office of a movie.

"No, we can't just admit defeat, otherwise——"

Roger Ebert couldn't help but be alert. Once the Hollywood film companies knew that he had lost his influence on movies, his future income would inevitably shrink significantly.

Roger Ebert stood up from his couch and decided to continue criticizing The Matrix, this time not for Harvey Weinstein but for himself.

Roger Ebert picked up the phone and dialed a few numbers

"Hi Brandt, I need a small favor from you.……"

"Hello, Chrishell, this is Roger...we film critics must unite……"

"Turan, have you noticed that the influence of us film critics has declined and we must show our power again?……"

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The second day.

Jeff Raymond came to the office. The secretary had already sorted out today's newspapers and placed them on his desk. Each newspaper had been opened to the entertainment section in advance.

Jeff picked up the top newspaper and read it. Then he sat upright and his expression became serious.

"With a thin plot and naive theories, this film makes people wonder if this is really a film written by Martin himself?"

"A film with no sincerity. Apart from the special effects, apart from some action and explosions, we can't see anything of value. I can definitely think of this as a failure. It doesn't have any themes worth thinking about, unlike other popcorn. Movies are no different."

These newspapers published a large number of negative reports from film critics.

Although Meyers Films has done public relations, it is impossible for public relations to cover all film critics, and that would be too expensive.

It is impossible for Hollywood film companies to have any One company will do this.

Usually it is some influential public relations people - such as Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, Pauline Kael of Entertainment Weekly, etc.

Generally speaking, as long as these famous film critics create a trend for the film, other small film critics will follow suit, with only a few mavericks singing the opposite direction.

But this time, it seems that all the small film critics are criticizing"The Matrix"", which made Jeff Raymond smell the smell of conspiracy.

He immediately picked up the phone and contacted his contacts in the film critic world. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

After a few phone calls , Jeff Raymond frowned and thought.

It’s that old Roger Ebert guy again. We don’t seem to have offended him, right?

Jeff hesitated, and finally dialed Martin’s number.

"Martin, we've got a little problem.……"

Martin's indifferent voice came from the receiver,"Don't pay attention to these guys. Traditional film critics have declined. Now is the Internet age. As long as we control the evaluation on the Internet, we don't need to care about these guys. Also, this time I have found the man behind the incident - Harvey Weinstein, pay attention to him and his movies."

Martin's words gave Jeff the confidence to return.

He nodded and said:"I understand."

No matter how many 923 film critics jumped up and down in newspapers to criticize"The Matrix", the praise on the Internet was not affected at all.

With the rise of the Internet, more and more young people do not care at all about the voices of these traditional film critics.

The Internet, a free carrier, allows them to express their voices and opinions.

There are even many fans of"The Matrix" who went to the websites of media that criticized the movie and left comments that were either rebuttal or mocking.

"《"The Matrix" is childish? I really don't know what your judging criteria are? I am twenty-seven years old this year. I don’t think this movie is childish. On the contrary, the philosophy in it is very thought-provoking.……"

"Haha, do you guys really know what a good movie is? Are those movies that make people drowsy while sitting in the theater considered good movies? Sorry, then I'd better support those movies that you think are bad.……"

"Nowadays, film critics are becoming more and more idiots. My father used to admire Roger Ebert, but now he also thinks that Roger Ebert’s views are outdated because he loves"The Matrix" so much, and we both I bought the same windbreaker. Haha, my father and I haven’t been this close for a long time. Thanks to"The Matrix"》……"

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