New York 2006

Chapter 232 A month later

On December 2008, 12, the end of the year is approaching, and various year-end reviews of the entertainment industry have also begun.

As a member of the entertainment industry, Christine, who lives in Hollywood, got up early in the morning and got Variety magazine, known as the "Hollywood Bible", from the mailbox at her door.

This magazine is a weekly entertainment publication. It is positioned as a high-end magazine. The articles are very connotative and in-depth. Its content is extensive, covering movies, TV, drama, music and technology. It is specially designed for entertainment industry executives and people working in the entertainment industry. Written by staff, closer to business technology.

Being featured in this magazine is considered very prestigious in Hollywood.

After getting the magazine, Christine hurriedly opened it and was so excited when she saw the cover. She ran into the house and came to her mother who was making breakfast.

"Mom, I'm on the cover of Variety magazine."

"Let me take a look." Christine's mother said in surprise.

The cover of the magazine is a photo of Logic and Christine. The two are wearing outfits similar to those in the "Twilight" movie, and the photo style is also close to the movie.

Christine's mother's eyes lit up immediately after seeing it. I wonder if it was because of the influence of the movie, but the daughter and Logic in the magazine looked very similar.

She simply didn't make breakfast, took the magazine and came to the sofa to read with her daughter.

Opening the cover of the magazine, the title of the first article came into view, and she couldn't help but read it: "Logic Pictures has set off a "Twilight Fever" around the world."

The picture below is the movie poster of "The Twilight Saga".

"The global release of summer movies in 2008 has basically ended. This year, in addition to the outstanding performance of traditional blockbusters, two dark horse movies with a medium production cost of US$5000 million have emerged."

"One is the movie "Mamma Mia", which has a global box office of 5.98 million US dollars and is temporarily ranked fifth in the global box office list in 2008."

"One is the fantasy love movie "Twilight" produced by Logic Pictures. This movie ended its global release last week, with a box office of 4.87 million US dollars, temporarily ranking ninth in the global box office."

"Compared with the inferior box office performance, the sales of DVD of "Twilight" can be called a dark horse among dark horses. In just over four months, the DVD sold 980 million copies in the United States, becoming the best-selling DVD in the United States so far this year. "

"The summer box office performance of this movie is not outstanding compared to other popular movies, but in the past few months after its release, it has become more and more influential around the world. It is being discussed on the Internet in East Asia, Europe, America, Africa and even the Middle East. This is a youth love movie that is different from traditional vampires.”

"There is a "Twilight fever" around the world, and there are rumors that Logic Pictures is cooperating with Warner Bros.'s CW TV station to adapt LJ Smith's novel "The Vampire Diaries."

"This is a TV series with the same theme as "The Twilight Saga", which is a vampire youth love. There is reason to believe that the vampire theme will be revitalized. This time the vampire will be different from the traditional vampire monster image, and It’s a youth fantasy theme with handsome men and beautiful women.”

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"According to professional estimates, the global DVD sales of "The Twilight Saga" may reach 1500 million by the end of this year."

Seeing this, Christine's mother was extremely surprised. She opened her eyes wide and asked her daughter: "Is the sales volume so high?"

"Probably more than that."

Christine said: "I heard from Logic that Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada, which are English-speaking countries, have now sold 400 million copies, other European countries have sold 500 million copies, and East Asia has also sold 200 million copies. [-] million copies."

"So there are 2000 million copies now?"

Kristine nodded: "Absolutely. This is the original version, there may be more pirated ones."

Kristine's mother was confused: "Are you telling you this kind of company secret logic? I heard from people in Hollywood that the global sales data of movie DVDs are generally the core secrets of each company. Only the DVD sales data of the United States is relatively transparent. "

"Uh……"

Kristine hesitated and hesitated, and it took him a while to react: "He said it to me casually when the two of us were chatting. I don't know whether it is true or not."

As a mother, she immediately noticed something unusual: "What's the relationship between you two?"

Kristen's eyes were evasive: "We are just friends."

"As your mother, don't I understand you? Are you two getting together?"

Kristen lowered her head and was silent for a moment, like a child who had done something wrong, and whispered: "Yeah."

"What?" Her mother was instantly furious: "He is married and you still get together with him."

"It's not what you think."

Christine took her mother's hand and slowly explained.

…………

Future Music Records, Luo Ji, Max, Braun, Jeff Basker and others were waiting at the door of the company.

After a while, Lady Gaga, who had been promoted around the world for more than two months, walked in wearing a "weird and beautiful" outfit. Luo Ji took the lead in applauding.

Clap clap clap!

For a moment, the whole company burst into cheers, and everyone was like a hero welcoming the victory.

No, she is the hero of the company.

Since the start of the financial crisis, Lady Gaga's global media popularity has been the same as after the release of last year's Luo Ji album, which became popular all over the world in a short period of time.

The global media discussed her past, her "extremely exaggerated" style, her two-month relationship with Luo Ji, and her support for LGBT. Everyone was concerned about everything about her.

Now, she has become a global popularity queen, with a large number of media following her wherever she goes.

Lady Gaga smiled when she saw this scene in the company.After enjoying everyone's cheers, she shook hands with everyone politely and said hello.

When it was Luo Ji's turn, she lost her previous reserve and gave Luo Ji a big hug.

After the hug ended, she looked at Luo Ji sincerely and said, "Thank you, Logic."

"This is what you deserve."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Lady Gaga said seriously: "Thank you for writing my songs, thank you for helping me produce the MV, and thank you for always believing in me."

Can "Apocalypse people" not believe it?

But then I thought about it, Lady Gaga really didn't know if she could become a big hit. Luo Ji gave her extraordinary support and truly discovered her single-handedly.

Luo Ji transformed her from a mediocre little singer into a world-famous celebrity.

"You're welcome."

Luo Ji patted her shoulder: "Let's go to the conference room and tell us some interesting things about you in the past two months."

"Okay."

Lady Gaga said as she walked: "By the way, have you seen my thank you to you in the media?"

"I saw it."

Luo Ji recounted directly: "In a room with 100 people, 99 people don't believe in you, but you only need one person who believes in you to change your entire life. That person is Loigc."

Hahahaha, everyone in the venue laughed out loud.

As Lady Gaga's main agent, Braun thought for a while and said: "But you can just say this to the media once or twice. You don't have to repeat it all the time. Logic is already very successful now and doesn't need these to increase his success." fame. All you need to do is let the public’s attention focus on you.”

"I just want to thank Logic." Lady Gaga said in a low voice.

"But this media coverage will go astray."

Braun continued: "Although you saying this to the media can make the two of you hype each other up and increase the media's popularity. But you know, because of your previous relationship with Logic and the fact that he wrote songs for you. , the media is very unfavorable to you,"

After Braun finished speaking, he took out a copy of today's New York Post and handed it to Lady Gaga.

The title clearly reads, Lady Gaga, a female singer trained by Logic.

Luo Ji had read this article this morning. It was obviously written by an anti-feminist editor.The entire report attributed Lady Gaga's success to Luo Ji, while ignoring her own role.What Braun just said was the result of his discussion with Luo Ji this morning.

In the conference room, Lady Gaga read the entire report and remained silent.

Luo Ji suddenly thought of what Taylor had said before, that society always blames men for women's success.

"Gaga, I know you want to thank me, and I appreciate your thoughts."

Luo Ji continued: "However, the media's requirements for women are much harsher than for men. Your media image is that of a strong, independent woman. You mentioned me so many times, which will conflict with your media image. of."

"Well, I will pay attention to it in the future." Lady Gaga nodded and agreed.

"Okay, let's not talk about these things." Luo Ji changed the subject: "The company's reward for you has been decided, and it will be credited to your account before Christmas Eve."

Lady Gaga said in surprise: "How much?"

Luo Ji gestured to Max with his eyes to speak.

Max smiled and said: "Now your global record sales have reached 570 million. According to the contract you signed before, it is about 200 million dollars."

"So many?" Lady Gaga said in surprise.

Max nodded: "That's all."

Lady Gaga said in surprise: "This is my biggest income so far."

"How much does this cost!"

Braun said disdainfully: "Gaga, do you have any idea of ​​holding a global concert next year? If you have an idea, SB Live Performance Company can plan it now, which will definitely make you a lot of money."

Before Lady Gaga could say anything, Jeff Busker responded tit for tat.

He hurriedly said: "Gaga, do you want to release an album next year? You can contact the songwriter now. You know, with this sales, your share of the next album will be much higher than this album. It will also be a huge revenue stream.”

Lady Gaga said a little tiredly: "Can you please let me slow down and wait until after Christmas? I am too tired from global promotion during this period."

"First confirm your intention before talking."

Jeff Busker continued: "If you have an idea, you have to contact a songwriter to write a song for you now. Do you know how long Logic has been preparing for the second album? More than a year. If the time is too short, maybe You can’t find good songs. This will be very detrimental to your future development.”

Lady Gaga was surprised and said: "Is Logic preparing to release a second album?"

"Well, he has been recording songs during this period of time." Jeff Busker continued: "Let's not talk about Logic for now. Let's continue your work. What do you think of your next album?"

Braun quickly added: "As well as your concert, you need to plan and prepare in advance now."

Lady Gaga said helplessly: "Why are you talking about this just after you come back? I have lost a lot of weight during my global promotions. Can't you just let me take a break?"

"Of course. Do you plan to keep you busy during Christmas? Let's discuss an intention first so that we can make preparations."

Luo Ji remained silent beside him without saying a word.Just watch the executives of the two companies squeeze the newly popular Lady Gaga.

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At night, after Luo Ji had dinner at home, he was going upstairs to review his university courses.

Christmas vacation was coming soon, and there were exams at New York University, and he was ready to take a surprise.

When I came to the study room, I just hadn’t reviewed it for a while.

Ding!
Luo Ji took a look and saw that it was a message from Facebook.

Sheldon Cooper: "Come on, let's team up with the Six Blacks and let World of Warcraft start."

Luo Ji looked at it and said, "I don't have time. I have to review my homework. I'll do it next time."

Sheldon Cooper: "You've always said you'll do it next time."

Luo Ji complained: "You are a physics professor at Caltech, how come you spend more time every day than me? Are you doing research?"

Sheldon Cooper: "Please mess with me. I have told my friends many times that I can ask you to play games together. Poor emoji."

Luo Ji paused: "Okay, but I can only play for an hour."

Sheldon Cooper: "Thank you, I'll introduce you to my friend later. Smile emoji."

Half an hour later, ding, ding, ding, the phone rang.Luo Ji stopped playing the keyboard and mouse, picked up his cell phone and saw that it was Christine calling.

Luo Ji then said to his gaming teammates on the other end of the headset: "AKA."

Walking aside, Luo Ji answered the phone: "Good evening, Christine."

"good evening."

Kristine was silent for a moment: "Today my mother knows about our relationship, and she wants to invite you to my home."

Luo Ji said coldly, "Didn't I tell you not to tell anyone about our relationship?"

Kristine muttered: "I didn't mean it."

Luo Ji covered his forehead with his hand, calmed down for a while and said, "When?"

"Before Christmas."

"No, I've been busy lately?" Luo Ji thought for a while and continued, "I'll go to Los Angeles to see you after the new year, okay?"

"Okay then." Christine continued: "By the way, your divorce is due on the 17th, right? It's only a few days away."

"Hum..."

Christine heard Luo Ji's hesitation and said in a very serious tone: "What do you mean? Are you not planning to divorce?"

Luo Ji said, "My family members have advised me to wait until Christmas and New Year are over."

Christine's tone was cold: "Then what do you think?"

Luo Ji was silent for a moment: "I agree."

Kristen, who has never lost her temper since the two got together, yelled: "You bastard! You obviously promised me."

Luo Ji had already figured out Christine's temper. He asked, "Can't you stand it for just ten days?"

"Yes." Kristen said.

Luo Ji said forcefully: "What do you mean? Do you want to break up with me?"

Christine cried: "What do you mean I want you to break up with me? It was obviously you who promised me, but now you are blaming me."

"You clearly mean that our relationship is not worth waiting for more than ten days!"

"Woooooo."

Kristen cried loudly and said: "It's like this every time. Every time you make a mistake, and then you turn around and question me. Say I want to break up with you, say I don't love you, say I don't understand you. You don't do it at all." You don’t know how to comfort me, you don’t care about me at all.”

"You don't know how many nice things I said about you in front of my mother today, and you did this to me."

"Woooooo."

(End of this chapter)