Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 190 Blind method
The film premiere of "Little Miss Sunshine" is scheduled at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

As one of the winners at the Cannes Film Festival, the film's release received a lot of media coverage.

Critics who had already seen the film in Cannes also gave it high praise.

"This is a heartwarming movie about family love. It abandons the sad tone commonly seen in family movies and instead chooses a more hilarious comedy form, which is undoubtedly refreshing."

"Especially the interaction between the grandfather played by Alan Arkin and the granddaughter played by Abigail is also hilarious. At the same time, Jim Carrey successfully suppressed his exaggerated facial expressions in this movie, I was a little surprised to switch to using more delicate micro-expressions to perform.”

"And this movie does not use the conventional successful ending, but instead relies on a failure to bring family relationships to a higher level. This just sublimates the fact that the bond of family ties is far more important than money and fame."

After critics gave it good reviews, advertisements that can be seen everywhere also made the audience's expectations for this movie continue to rise.

The advertisement for "Little Miss Sunshine" is very simple, with a family pushing a stroller together and smiling brightly at the same time.

But the slogan below is very touching.

A family on the road.

"It's okay, only I can see this set of photos." Although Tang De's photography exhibition plans to include photos of Anne Hathaway, they are not full-body photos like Julia's.

"Then you raise your legs, hold your thighs with your hands, and press your body against them. Don't block your chest. Baby, they are beautiful."

She and several girls were standing at the door waiting for Tang De.

After all, family fun is always the best-selling movie.

This undoubtedly proved the potential of this film, so the distributor immediately expanded the number of screenings the next day, directly expanding to 1800 theaters.

So what he takes now is just for collection.

Tang De picked up the camera and pointed it at her: "Let your body rise and fall naturally. You don't need to stand straight."

Anne Hathaway saw that the two people seemed to be sitting separately, so she asked: "Don, where are you sitting?"

"I think it's at least fifty million dollars." Tang De patted Greta on the shoulder to comfort her.

"Okay, I'll try my best." Anne Hathaway breathed slowly to calm her body.

She thought 20 million would be great, but Tang De's estimate more than tripled.

Obviously he was moved by the beautiful family relationship in the movie.

However, the voices of these minorities are not important, because the box office of small-scale screenings is out.

This has made many parents interested in the movie and plan to watch it with their children on the weekend.

"Really?" Anne Hathaway felt relieved after hearing this and slowly took off her pajamas.

"In the next picture, you sit on a chair, place one foot on the ground, straighten one foot, and tighten your toes."

But she was very surprised: "What? Fifty million? Tang, are you kidding?"

For one hour and forty minutes, the audience laughed one after another attesting to the charm of this film.

After the premiere, audiences could be heard discussing excerpts from the movie as they walked out of the theater.

After taking private photos, Tang De began to create formal photography exhibitions.

"Dear, are these all your friends?" Tang De walked to Annie and asked.

"Just watch, Greta." Tang De smiled slightly, and then walked towards Anne Hathaway who entered from the side door.

"Crack!"

"Don, how much do you think the box office of this movie will be?" Greta stood beside him a little nervous. Although she had successfully won the award, the box office is the most important value of a commercial movie.

"Let's go, the movie is about to start." After getting to know each other, Tang De took them to the theater and arranged for them to sit in the middle.

She also doesn't want to be able to make only films that are well-received but not well-received.

I found that they started sobbing when they saw the ending.

Tang De moved the camera closer to capture the details of her legs.

Although there is no bitter plot, everyone felt the power of family ties and mutual support from the movie. During the movie, Anne Hathaway turned to look at her friends.

6 theaters, box office of 48. The box office of a single theater is US$13, which is a very high box office.

"I'll sit below." Tang De pointed to the first row: "You are guests and you need to sit in the best seats."

Just like this moment, when Tang De was standing at the door of the cinema, he saw many families of three walking past him with movie tickets.

"My name is Katharine." The next moment, several girls stretched out their hands and introduced themselves to Tang De.

After the audience and film critics entered, Tang De and others also took their seats. The lights in the theater suddenly dimmed and the movie started.

This is of course an excuse. He doesn't want to be photographed by reporters sitting with Anne Hathaway. If other women see it, there will be big problems.

Instead, only the arms and calves are covered, and the rest of the body is covered with black cloth, aiming to show the softness and lines of the female arms.

Investigators from Lionsgate took cards and asked the audience to rate it, and they were generally above 8. Only a few people said that the movie was a bit dull, and Jim Carrey's performance was too restrained, which made people feel a little bit disappointed.

"Don, I'm a little shy..." Anne Hathaway was wearing a layer of gauze pajamas, her figure looming behind, full of ultimate temptation.

So I had to work hard for other crew members to sit in the front row with him.

At the same time, Tang De and Anne Hathaway were filming in the villa.

"really not bad."

After the filming was completed, Anne Hathaway had become accustomed to Don De's lens and could make various gestures in front of him.

"Don, I want to take a look when you wash it out." Anne Hathaway walked up to Don De with bare feet and caressed his face with her fingers.

"No problem, we will watch it together then." Tang De smiled and put his arms around her soft waist, and then the two of them walked to the room.
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"Little Miss Sunshine" took in $3100 million at the box office during its first week of release!
Although it is not as good as "Saw", it is still very outstanding compared to the movies of the same period, ranking first.

After all, this movie does not have the gimmicks of "Saw" or its advertisements. It relies on its own warm and interesting family daily life to survive.

According to professional newspaper estimates, the North American box office of this movie is about US$7000 million, because at the beginning of the second week, the movie's box office experienced a sharp drop.

This is the disadvantage of the lack of gimmicks and exciting elements. After all, the audience is smaller.

But it doesn't matter. Tang De is very optimistic about the disc sales of this movie. Coupled with the global release, the box office will be at least more than 100 million US dollars.

This also means that Norton Eyes will once again share profits of more than 40 million.

Even several major movie giants were extremely jealous after hearing the news.

Because of the IP "Fifty Shades of Grey", as long as it is successfully filmed and released, the profit figures of Norton Eyes will be particularly terrifying. Therefore, the major film companies finally decided to win the IP immediately this time. Even if they cannot win it, they must become one of the production companies.

The first one to find Tang De was naturally the company where the woman who seduced Jimmy worked, Paramount Pictures.

"Hello, Don, my name is Terri Rausing." The woman shook Don De's hand and lightly scratched his palm with her fingers.

"Sit down." Tang De was currently in a coffee shop near the racecourse. The filming of "Memoirs of a Geisha" was going smoothly. According to the current progress, it is estimated that the filming will be completed in another three months.

"Didn't you know that Mr. Brian told you about the conditions we gave you?" Terri did not call Jimmy directly by his first name, but referred to him by his surname. It seemed that there was still some luck in her heart, thinking that Jimmy would not put the two of them together. Tell Tang De the matter.

Tang De looked at her with a half-smile but didn't speak. It wasn't until she felt a little uneasy that she said, "He didn't say anything. You can tell me now."

"Okay." Terri felt that Tang De was far more difficult to deal with than Jimmy. Looking at his eyes, it was as if she had seen through her, giving her the illusion of running naked.

"'Fifty Shades of Grey' is now selling very well around the world, and it's no surprise that it will reach tens of millions of sales this year." Terri said a few polite words before getting straight to the point: "Our senior management is also very optimistic about this movie, so Giving Norton Eyes a lot of autonomy.”

"Tell me about it." Tang De picked up the coffee, took a sip, and frowned slightly.

"First of all, we hope to own 4300% of the film rights plus the disc rights, for which we can pay $ million."

With the global sales of "Fifty Shades of Grey", copyright fees have also increased.

"Secondly, you will be the director and the salary will be eight million US dollars."

Tang De nodded. This salary is not low. Unless he can prove himself after "Memoirs of a Geisha" is released, this price will be the highest currently.

“What about streaming?”

Tang De asked a very important question.

But Terri was stunned for a moment: "Streaming media? Internet platform? Of course, this platform will be allocated according to 70%."

The current streaming media platforms have not been able to make much money yet, so no one pays much attention to it, but even so, major companies still want to hold the copyright in their hands.

"I understand, let me think about it."

Tang De didn't waste any more time, which caught Terri off guard. She thought that Tang De would chat with her for a few words and try to win over her.

Could it be that the conversation was ended so quickly because his contract was not generous enough?

"Don, if you have any questions, you can tell me and I will try to satisfy you."

"No, it's just that there are other companies coming to talk to me next, so you can leave first." Tang De's voice was calm, not moved by Terri's plea at all.

Terri could only leave when she saw this.

But she didn't go far. Instead, she put on her sunglasses and sat not far away looking at the door of the coffee shop.

Ten minutes later, Colombia's top brass showed up at the coffee shop.

Twenty minutes later, he walked out, glanced around, and suddenly walked over after seeing Terri.

"Hello, ma'am, can I sit here?"

"No problem." Terri nodded and put on her glasses more tightly.

Ten minutes later, executives from Warner Bros. showed up at the coffee shop.

After he came out, he also found a place to sit.

Then came the executives at Fox and the executives at New Line.

By six o'clock in the afternoon, Terri found that people from several major film companies were all there.

"Damn Jimmy! Stinky man!" She thought she was the one who got there first, but she didn't expect that she was only ten minutes ahead of schedule.

Seeing that major companies were in trouble again, she felt that her contract would definitely not be able to gain an advantage, and it seemed that she would have to discuss it with the company's senior management.

"How much money is he going to make from the rights to Fifty Shades of Grey?"

This is Terri's doubt, and everyone's doubt.

Because Tang De rejected them again a few days later.

Meanwhile, something unpleasant is happening on the Supreme Creative side.

"Damn it! FXXK! Someone tell me! Why!" Jimmy was furious in the office area, making the advertising creatives and sales people sit on pins and needles.

"Why did our client know this? It's obviously confidential!" He put his hands on his hips and vented his anger angrily.

He's talking about Supreme Creative's old customers, the food customers he's been serving since the company's inception.

But recently, Supreme Creative took over an advertising contract from their competitor, and for some reason, old customers actually learned this information.

This is of course intolerable to them, because any client hates advertising companies serving competing products.

So they terminated their contract with Supreme Creative.

Not far away in the customer service area, Rachel was secretly observing everything.

"It seems that this eavesdropping was successful." She muttered in a low voice, then looked away and raised the corners of her mouth.

The scolding continued for several minutes. After Jimmy vented his anger, he did not go back to his office but went to Fernando's office.

However, after entering the door, his expression relaxed.

"Come on, have a cup of tea." Fernando was sitting on the sofa with a smile on his face.

"I'm really a little thirsty." Jimmy sat down and took a big sip, then said, "The company behind her must be very proud of it."

"Of course, they messed up an 'important' project of ours."

Jimmy pouted: "It's just that we don't want to continue serving them, so we take this opportunity to terminate the contract with him."

"But she doesn't know." Fernando gently opened the blinds with his fingers and looked at Rachel who was working hard through the glass.

"Yes, but this is not a long-term solution. How about we give her a chance." Jimmy suddenly thought of a way and smiled.

Fernando looked at him, seeming to sense his intentions from his smile, and nodded understandingly: "I don't think there is a problem. After all, only by knowing who is staring at us can we deal a blow to them."

"Then let's do it, I'll get the bait." Jimmy has gone through more than a year of baptism, and he is no longer the stupid white boy he used to be.

"Okay, I believe Tang De will also agree after hearing this."

(End of this chapter)