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Chapter 701 No one sleeps tonight (4100+ chapters, please subscribe~)

No one will sleep tonight!
By the time the movie ended, it was already around 11 o'clock in the middle of the night!

When Wu Jianye walked out of the theater, he met Martin Lloyd again. For Martin Lloyd, Wu Jianye had a good impression. Last time, he was the first film critic to speak out for "The Love of Ghosts"!
"Director Wu, congratulations, this will be another blockbuster movie!" This was the first thing Martin Lloyd said after seeing Wu Jianye.

Judging from the reaction in the theater just now, not to mention the artistic value of this movie, but purely from a commercial point of view, it can be concluded that this is an exciting movie!
This kind of movie almost meets all the elements of a blockbuster movie. Even the starring lineup, which has been criticized by the media before, performed perfectly in the movie. In addition, it lived up to expectations and even exceeded everyone's imagination. Computer special effects, so If the movie is not a big hit, then there will be no big-selling movie in Hollywood!
When communicating with Wu Jianye, Martin Lloyd not only thought of another "Captain Hook" released at the same time, at this time Martin Lloyd began to worry about this movie. Although he didn't watch "Captain Hook" but in Immediately after the movie ended, he called his counterparts.

"No matter how sincerely you play tricks, you can't get rid of the huge sense of boredom!"

The peers answered this way, with loss and disappointment in their tone, they did not expect Spielberg to make such a boring movie.
"It's definitely one of those films that makes you believe there's nothing wrong with it!"

This is what Martin Lloyd said to his colleagues, introducing "Jurassic Park"!

The advantages and disadvantages of the two films among film critics can be seen from their conversations!

Wu Jianye smiled and said to Martin Lloyd: "Thank you, being able to make everyone like it is the most important thing!"

The two of them just chatted for a few words, and then separated. At this time, the audience who came out of the theater were also stopped by reporters from all walks of life, as well as people from major production companies, asking how they felt watching the movie. .

Although the opinions of film critics are important, the audience is the driving force behind the film's box office. Only their reactions can truly let people know the potential of this film!

"I'm going to watch this movie again tomorrow. The dinosaurs in it are so exciting!" After Liam walked out of the theater, he was stopped by a reporter from The Hollywood Reporter!

"Is this movie really good?" the reporter asked.

"Is it good? Please remove it, this is the most exciting movie I have seen in these years!" Liam said excitedly.

Fiona coughed twice beside her.

"Oh, "Ghost Love" is also the best movie I've seen in recent years!" Liam's desire to survive was very strong.

Fiona smiled happily.

"When I saw this movie, I felt extremely happy!" said a fan who was being interviewed elsewhere.

"The sci-fi story and story rhythm are really great. Director Wu Jianye is really talented."

"Amazing imagination, beyond peerless story, for this movie, I have no words to describe his excellence!"

Looking at the feedback from these movie fans, the newspaper reporters just faithfully recorded their answers, while the people from the production company became more and more depressed after hearing such answers!

They have also watched the movie. If they put aside the positions of both parties, they also agree with the answers of these fans, but when they stand in their own position, the fans' evaluation of this movie makes them feel mixed. up!

But anyway, they immediately reported the information they collected to their superiors.

As for how Phantom Pictures will operate the film in the later process, and how its own company will respond, that is a matter for the upper echelons.

Wu Jianye and others also returned to the headquarters of Phantom Pictures at this time. In the meeting room, Wu Jianye, Linda, Johnson, Matthew Murphy and others were sitting there chatting. They were waiting for the theater below. , report the box office results of today's premiere!

At this time, Matthew Murphy's white skin was slightly flushed. He was the last to come in. Before that, he also went to listen to the reports from the people below, and the fans' opinions on this movie!
"The ratings of the movie fans are very high, this movie is a success!" Matthew Murphy said excitedly.

This is the first project he presided over after he became the general manager of Phantom Pictures. Although Linda has been in charge of it for a while, it was released after he took over Phantom Pictures, so now "Jurassic Park" The box office is particularly important to him.

After finishing speaking, Matthew Murphy handed over the document made by the fan feedback he had collected to Wu Jianye and the others.

With a smug smile on Johnson's face, he flipped through the documents in his hand and said with a smile, "Haha, that's great!"

Wu Jianye glanced at the evaluation in his hand and asked, "Have you collected the evaluation of "Captain Hook"?"

The success of "Jurassic Park", when Wu Jianye was in the theater, he already had a solid idea based on the audience's reaction, now what he cares about is the audience's feedback of "Captain Hook".

Matthew Murphy immediately said: "I haven't sorted it out yet, but according to the reports of the people below, it can be summed up as a mediocre work that lacks surprises, and it cannot be compared with the films of Spielberg's peak period!"

After Wu Jianye listened to it, he nodded his head. With the fans' reaction, he could basically predict the film's performance!
In another time and space, the box office of the movie "Captain Hook" has just exceeded 1 million US dollars, but now when he faces the epic sci-fi movie "Jurassic Park", I am afraid he will be unlucky!
Linda and Johnson smiled again, and the atmosphere in the meeting room was very harmonious!
On the other hand, Amblin Entertainment is cloudy at this time. Matthew Murphy got audience reviews about "Jurassic Park", and Spielberg and Lucas naturally also got audience reviews about "Hooker". Captain's review!
Fans' evaluation of "Captain Hook" is that it is a well-regulated movie, and there are not many brilliant places, and there is nothing boring.

Purely a movie to pass the time!

If this kind of evaluation is for a film directed by other people, it is still a pass, but for Spielberg director Lucas producer plus Robin Williams + Dustin Hoffman + Julia Roberts + For a fantasy combination like "Peter Pan", it is a complete failure!
Lucas asked in a deep voice, "Did the movie's box office come out on the first day?"

Spielberg shook his head and said, "Not yet!"

At this time, both of them were in very complicated moods. They originally wanted to use this movie to counter-kill Wu Jianye, but now they couldn't help thinking that this movie might fail.

"Is there any fan feedback on Jurassic Park?" Lucas continued.

Now Lucas can only hope that the feedback from fans of the "Jurassic Park" movie is even worse.

Just as Spielberg shook his head, his secretary walked in with a stack of printed A4 paper.

"Boss, this is about fans' feedback on "Jurassic Park". We have compiled a few representative ones, please read them!"

Spielberg took the report from his secretary, and after just a few glances, the expression on his face became even uglier!

Lucas saw Spielberg's expression, and out of his understanding of Spielberg, he knew that what he hoped in his heart could not happen.

"Contact Universal Pictures immediately to increase the promotion of "Captain Hook"!" Lucas suggested.

At this time, for them, they can only use this method. I believe that such word-of-mouth will immediately appear in major media and newspapers tomorrow morning, and they must respond quickly.

Spielberg thought so too, and immediately picked up the phone and began to communicate with the president of Universal Pictures about this matter.

At this time, not only Phantom Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, but also several other production companies also received comments on the two films.

There are movie fans and professional movie critics!

If you simply read the report, everyone knows that "Captain Hook" is going to lose this time!
However, whether a movie will be successful is not determined only by the opinions of movie fans and film critics. If this movie can find out a different way of publicity, it should still be able to recover part of it.

So after Spielberg contacted Universal Pictures, the other party immediately agreed to Spielberg's request.

You must know that before the movie was released, the promotional expenses of "Captain Hook" were all borne by Universal Pictures, which means that the success or failure of this movie is also extremely important to Universal Pictures.

In particular, Panasonic acquired Universal Pictures, which was already devastated by Universal Pictures' debts. It originally wanted to rely on Spielberg's film to recover some losses. If "Captain Hook" fails If so, then for Universal Pictures, which is already full of problems, it will definitely make things worse.

So the two parties just communicated briefly, and Universal Pictures immediately decided to spend another 1000 million US dollars as the cost of promoting "Captain Hook".

The offices of the presidents of several other major production companies are also brightly lit at this time, and they are all waiting for the box office of "Jurassic Park" and "Captain Hook" on the first day.

For ordinary audiences, this is the duel between Wu Jianye and Spielberg, but for these production companies, it is their future policy for Phantom Pictures.

After more than a year of development, Phantom Films is not only comparable to several major production companies in terms of scale, but even surpasses them. This time, the duel is actually the last step they want to delay the development of Phantom Films. Here's the chance.

And Spielberg's "Captain Hook" is all their chips and their last hope!

Although the first-day box office of the two films is not yet known, they, like Phantom Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, have obtained the views of film critics and fans on the two films.

It can be said that their hearts have also become cloudy and uncertain at this time.

In the first round of the contest between the two sides, they have already fallen behind!
Eisner sat in his office, looking at the two reports in his hand, with neither sad nor happy expression on his face, appearing very calm.

At this time, he felt a little bit secretly happy, but also a little bit worried!
I am secretly happy because they have reached a cooperation agreement with Phantom Pictures, regardless of who wins or loses in the end of the two films, but one thing that can be concluded is that Wu Jianye once again proved his success as a director and screenwriter .

This also gave him more confidence in the success of the co-produced animated film "Toy Story" he signed with Phantom.

The worry is that if the results of the last two films are really the same as the current views of movie fans and film critics, if "Jurassic Park" wins the box office, then the rise of Phantom Pictures will become unstoppable!

At that time, what should Disney do in the future? Should it continue to stand with other production companies and boycott Phantom Pictures, or change its own company's strategy!

Another thing that makes Eisner more worried is that before the release of the two films, Disney has announced that it will cooperate with several other production companies to jointly produce the sequel series of "Speed".

Most importantly, several major production companies originally wanted to use this method to undermine the confidence of the Phantom Films industry, so that they could not concentrate on arranging "Jurassic Park".

But now it seems that this blow has no effect on Phantom Pictures.
And this kind of behavior also made Disney think of Phantom as a kind of betrayal. He didn't know how Phantom would view this matter.

In fact, Eisner himself didn't know it. When he thought this way, he had already slowly moved the balance in his heart towards the direction of Phantom Pictures!

"Has the first day's movie box office come out?" Eisner asked his secretary in a deep voice.

At this time, everyone is waiting for the first-day box office of the two films. Some people want to see who will win and who will win in the showdown at the first-day box office. In Eisner’s view, he has already waited for the box office. It won't be that long, and he will decide the future relationship between Disney and Phantom Pictures after the first day's box office comes out!
Eisner's secretary looked a little worried, and said in a trembling voice: "I haven't come out yet, I've already attracted attention, and I'll report it to us as soon as I come out!"

"Hmph, what are you eating? It's already one o'clock in the morning, why haven't you come out yet?" Eisner said angrily.

Because the computer technology is still immature, if you want to know the box office on the first day, you have to wait until two or three o'clock to find out, but it is obvious that Eisner feels that time is passing very slowly.

Eisner's secretary quickly said, "I'll go and urge them right away!"

How to urge, this kind of thing, can only wait for Phantom Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, Universal Pictures announced that it is impossible for them to get specific figures.

Time just passed by minute by minute.

2:37 AM!

A secretary broke into the conference room of Phantom Pictures and shouted, "The box office statistics are out!"

(End of this chapter)