hollywood melon man

Chapter 361: Give Little Gilbert a Bad Review
"Oh my God, there are so many people!" Brian Miller exclaimed.

He is an investigator for Disney's investigative agency, and although it is already early in the morning, his work has just begun.

The attendance rate for the advance show has reached a terrifying 97 percent, while the attendance rate for the midnight show has declined, but is still just over 90 percent.

There will be no surprises at all. The advance and midnight screenings of "The Return of the King" alone will create a pretty terrifying result.

When the midnight show was about to end, Brian Miller and several colleagues went to interview movie fans and obtain first-hand data.

He first interviewed a couple in their thirties, who seemed to be still immersed in the film, with red eyes.

"I'm so excited. I'm really so excited." The husband obviously couldn't control his emotions.

"It's okay, take your time." Brian Miller soothed them while writing down the fans' reactions in his notes.

The husband took a while to recover, and then said: "I didn't expect it, I never thought about it. Both Lea and I are fans of The Lord of the Rings, and we used to think that no one could bring this magnificent masterpiece to the big screen.

But little Gilbert did it, and he did it perfectly."

“Yes,” his wife said excitedly, “At the end of The Return of the King, we didn’t expect to be so moved.

Since 2000, this series of films has been with us for three years, and we hope that the story of The Lord of the Rings will never end. "

It's impossible not to have an ending, but it does show that "The Lord of the Rings" has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Brian Miller asked again: "How many points would you give out of 10?"

"Ten points, absolutely ten points..." the couple said in unison.

However, after the couple gave it a perfect score, a fan who was being interviewed by a reporter nearby angrily said, "I gave the movie a perfect score, but I gave Gilbert Jr. a zero."

The fan's voice was quite loud, and instantly attracted the attention of most people in the cinema hall.

The fan who gave Little Gilbert a bad review clenched his fist excitedly and said, "I give Little Gilbert a zero. The story of The Return of the King is very exciting.

But he ended the story of The Lord of the Rings, which is inexcusable and I give him a zero."

"Yes, little Gilbert was very bad, and he ended the story of The Lord of the Rings."

"Yeah, why doesn't he keep filming?"

"I want to see the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Lord of the Rings..."

A group of fans reacted to their sad parting emotions and gave the movie a score of 10 and gave little Gilbert a score of 0.

"Uh," Brian Miller was dumbfounded. He had never seen a movie fan give a movie a score of ten but give its director a score of zero.

And the reason is very strange, it is because there is no sequel to the story of "The Lord of the Rings".

This is probably a wonder in the history of movies. No fans would urge the director to release a sequel after the final chapter. The Lord of the Rings series is an exception.

Generally speaking, the third sequel to a hit movie is often a poor imitation and rarely gets better.

This is also the reason why many series of films basically end in the third film. The production companies also know that there is not much point in filming further and fans will not like it.

Of course, this is not absolute, there are still films that have been made into four, five or six parts, but at least this is the case for most series.

A new day has arrived. There are still a few hours before the sun rises. The sky begins to turn dark, and there are no moon or stars.

In the Disney headquarters building in Burbank, the lights in an office were still on, and there were a dozen or so staff members on duty who were feeling a little sleepy.

They are waiting for the data investigation reports from front-line investigators, which will then be summarized and reported to their superiors.

Ruth supported her head with her hands, pecking at rice bit by bit, like a chick, as if she was about to fall asleep at any moment.

But soon the fax machine on her desk rang. Ruth was shocked and quickly called her colleagues: "Fax, everyone wake up, let's work hard to produce the data report."

The other colleagues immediately woke up, drank some coffee, or went to the bathroom to wash their faces, and started working.

However, as the work progressed, everyone became more and more awake and no longer felt sleepy. The reason was simple: The attendance rate and praise rate of "The Return of the King" were both very high.

Likewise, as theaters innovated their electronic ticketing systems, box office data for advance and late-night shows became available.

Ruth also noticed that several investigators interviewed and found that some fans gave director Gilbert Jr. a bad review because there would be no sequel to the "Lord of the Rings" series.

This is quite strange, but it also proves from the side that the film is indeed loved by movie fans.

Ruth compiled her colleagues' data and rushed it to her boss.

The boss received the data report and a happy look appeared on his face: "Well done, Ruth, you have done a good job in handing over the shift, you can go and have a rest!
If the film performs well, you will get a lot of bonuses.”

A smile also appeared on Ruth's tired face: "Thank you, Mr. Paul..."

If the movie performed well but everyone involved in the project only received a basic salary, I'm afraid Ruth wouldn't be so happy.

It is because of the success of the movie and the bonus that Ruth and her colleagues are so motivated.

After Ruth left, Paul hurried to the president's office. At this time, Robert Egger was resting in the lounge in the president's office.

After his secretary woke him up, Robert Egger took the data report and was shocked: "The attendance rate of the midnight show is 91%? Not bad.

The box office was even better, with $563 million from the advance screenings and $1465 million from the late night screenings. If I remember correctly, this should be the highest box office for a late night screening, and Gilbert Jr. broke the record again."

"Yes," Paul said with a happy look on his face, not feeling sleepy at all, and continued to report: "More importantly, the audience's evaluation, more than 97% of the audience gave it an A+.

Among the 52530 viewers surveyed, less than 50 gave the film a score below C.

The strangest thing is this data..."

"What data?" Robert Iger took the report curiously and laughed out loud: "No way, these fans are so cute that they actually gave little Gilbert a bad review."

"This shows that the Lord of the Rings series directed by Gilbert Jr. is indeed very popular among fans."

After Paul finished speaking, he continued to suggest: "Bob, I think both The Silmarillion and The Hobbit can be made into movies."

Robert Iger was thinking: “From what I’ve seen from Gilbert Jr., The Silmarillion is more of a popular science story and not suitable for a movie.

He might want to find someone to take over The Hobbit.”

"Who else could be more suitable to take charge of the story of The Lord of the Rings than young Gilbert himself?" Paul was anxious.

Losing Gilbert Jr.'s Lord of the Rings movie is like the 3D zone losing Tifa and the West losing Jerusalem.

"Paul, you have to understand that in the end we can only give Gilbert Jr. some advice, not interfere with his production," Robert Egger said earnestly.

With Gilbert Jr.’s current status, even the Warner executives who like to interfere with film production will not interfere with his crew.

Robert Iger also has enough trust in Gilbert Jr., because Gilbert Jr. has never failed. Even though the box office returns of "Real Steel" were relatively unsatisfactory, Disney also made a lot of money in peripherals.

To this day, the "Final Destination" series from Disney's Touchstone Pictures is still one of its signature films, and the fifth installment has already been filmed.

Without further ado, Robert Egger called Cantaloupe Manor. Gilbert Jr. had gone to bed, and Jennifer Connelly answered the phone.

"Okay, I got it. I'll tell him when he wakes up." Jennifer Connelly hung up the phone and happily reported the data to Cameron Diaz who was with her.

"That's great," Cameron Diaz said, pumping her fist. "He's always so successful, isn't he?"

"Yes," Jennifer Connelly looked upstairs, "He should be sleeping soundly now."

"Let's go to sleep too, this bad guy doesn't even take me with him when he goes to sleep!" Cameron Diaz complained.

"Yeah!" Jennifer Connelly received the report from the fax machine and put it away before following Cameron Diaz upstairs.

The lights in the living room go out, but a new day has just begun...

When he woke up in the morning, little Gilbert felt refreshed, all his fatigue was gone, and all his stress was released.

He pinched on the left and touched on the right, and felt two bodies.

"Huh?" Little Gilbert expressed his surprise. He slept alone last night, but how come there were two more people when he woke up in the morning?

When he lifted the covers, he saw Jennifer Connelly and Cameron Diaz. Little Gilbert smiled evilly and started to act funny.

"Hateful," Cameron Diaz didn't even want to open his eyes, and slapped away Gilbert's hands, "I waited for the phone for you all night, and you still want to bully me."

Little Gilbert went to harass Jennifer Connelly again, but Jennifer Connelly did not refuse. She directly pulled Little Gilbert into her arms and felt her greatness.

"Sleep a little longer, sleep a little longer..."

Little Gilbert did not disturb the two women who had been up all night. He got up and washed, then had breakfast with Xingzi's help.

"Sir, this is a data report." Xingzi handed over the faxed data report. Little Gilbert only took a look at it and put it aside.

Seeing this, Xingzi asked curiously, "Sir, don't you care about the statistics of "The Return of the King"?"

"Of course I care..." Gilbert Jr. pointed to the newspaper, which read that "The Return of the King" broke the midnight box office record with a box office of 1465 million US dollars.

"It's enough for me to read the newspaper. I think the situation is pretty close."

Xingzi smiled gently: "Sir, you are really wise."

Wisdom at this time is still wisdom, and has no other meaning.

"By the way," Little Gilbert asked Xingzi, "When will Fuzi and the others come over?"

"Ms. Fuzi said they'll be here around mid-May," Anzi replied.

"Great, get ready! Our family's first trip around the world is about to begin," said little Gilbert.

Xingzi was delighted: "Sir, do you treat me as a family member?"

"Of course," Little Gilbert said, hugging Xingzi's plump waist, "You are my housekeeper, so of course we are family."

Xingzi was very happy: "I'll serve you breakfast..."

The master and servant were getting along very happily in the restaurant, while at this time the luxury cinemas in major cities in North America were already packed with expectant moviegoers.

(End of this chapter)