Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 216 Fifty Shades of Gray
After taking care of Scarlett, Tang De moved to Anne Hathaway's hotel.

As for Jessica Alba, during the dinner, Tang De talked to her about the vacation and successfully tricked her back home.

So when Donde got in Tom's car the next day, he went straight to Jessica Alba's house.
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Norway, Oslo.

The first stop of Tang De's vacation was in the Nordic countries.

He was driving Jessica to the reserved hotel in his car.

"Wow!" Jessica leaned out of the skylight, felt the howling wind for a while, and then said to Tang De, "This place is so beautiful."

"Yeah." Tang De wore sunglasses and looked at the lush scenery outside the car window.

Located in the north of Oslo, it is covered with white snow and full of forests. It looks like a place where witches hide in fairy tales.

However, not all the trees in this forest were trees. Tang De quickly drove to the only human gathering place here, the Tree House Hotel.

Yes, the hotel here is built on trees.

"All movie tickets for the premiere of "Fifty Shades of Grey" at Bona Cinema are sold out!"

All the girls dragged their boyfriends to watch "Fifty Shades of Grey" in the cinema.

"Yeah, I know what I'm going to shoot next."

After he sat on the chair, he glanced around and found that women accounted for 80% of the theater.

"United Cinemas announced temporary adjustments to expand the number of screenings of "Fifty Shades of Grey". This is a very rare scene! In just two hours, the number of screens for "Fifty Shades of Grey" has been expanded from 2890 to 3700 !”

Therefore, he has been rummaging through his mind every night these days for movies that can be both artistic and commercial.

"The scene was full of girls. They held the original books of "Fifty Shades of Grey" and entered the cinema in groups!"

Judy was naturally among them. She took Mirren's hand and excitedly dragged him into the theater and into the auditorium.

But for Tang De, this was just a drop in the bucket, so he directly made a reservation for five days.

"Yeah, yes, just steal it!" Tang De laughed: "Jessica, you guessed it right, you are really my angel!"

"What did you say?" Tang De stood still and seemed to have inspiration in his mind.

"What?" Jessica came over and looked at Tang De happily: "Really? That's great."

"It's indeed beautiful." Tang De nodded, and then the two of them walked through the black stairs to the mirror room.

"Of course you won't understand, because this is a suspenseful movie, but it is very exciting, very exciting, and I can't even wait."

"What on earth is it, dear?" Jessica felt itchy in her heart, wanting to know what Tang De was talking about.

"Of course, I've already thought about it. How about Inception?"

"Does it have a name? Or a codename?"

"Yes, that's it, Jessica, I thought of the theme of the new movie." Tang De touched the mirror and felt that his thoughts suddenly became smoother.

This is a unique hotel specially designed by a certain designer. It usually receives very few guests, so the room prices are also very expensive.

"Why can't I understand?" Jessica frowned and thought hard.

"I said..." Jessica looked at his expression and repeated slowly: "I said I can't tell which side is real..."

"It's a really big investment."

He has been thinking about what kind of movie he wants to make recently. Although many companies have offered him an olive branch, he prefers to produce it for his own company to maximize profits.

“There are long queues for Valentine’s Day and all major theaters are full.”

It was also the first time for Mirren to experience such a lively atmosphere. Even when watching a special effects blockbuster, there didn't seem to be so many people crowded.

Male viewers like him have become a minority.

Tang De smiled and put his arm around her waist. The two of them leaned on the railing and said intimately: "A dream, an adventure, a team."

On that day, all reporters and media reported on this grand occasion. In front of "Fifty Shades of Grey", other movies were not even able to fight back and simply disappeared.

While Tang De was finalizing the new movie, on Valentine's Day, "Fifty Shades of Gray" officially hit North American theaters.

After everyone was seated, the theater lights went out and Mirren watched the movie start to show.

It's not just this movie. Tang De thought of actors through movies, and then thought of a small-budget movie that won high box office and many awards.

"In ten minutes and twenty seconds, the movie tickets for "Fifty Shades of Grey" were sold out."

Every few dozen meters away, you can see a tree house with a strange shape fixed on the tree. Some are surrounded by mirror reflections, some are shaped like UFOs, and some are in the shape of an inverted triangle similar to a pyramid.

And Jessica was amazed after seeing these tree houses: "Don, this is so beautiful, wow, exciting!"

He planned to film this first, and during this period prepare for the filming of Inception. After all, the production specifications and special effects level of this film were something Tang De had never been exposed to before.

After Tang De finished speaking with a smile, he thought of the name of the movie.

But at this moment, after Jessica's reminder, he finally thought of it.

"Wow, what a cool name. It sounds like... someone stole my dreams while I was sleeping."

Looking at the reflection in the mirror, Jessica made a few playful gestures: "Awesome, I feel like I can hardly tell which side is reality and which side is the world in the mirror."

"That's it!" Tang De didn't rush to open the door. He leaned on the railing and looked at himself in the mirror, as if it was his reflection in a dream.

It can only be said that the enthusiasm of the girls is endless, and their expectations for "Fifty Shades of Grey" are also extremely high.

There is nothing good to say about the plot of this movie, at least in Mirren's opinion, it is just the plot of a domineering president falling in love with the girl next door.

But the provocative scenes and SM sex scenes between the two of them really made people blush.

Whenever this kind of scene occurs, he can feel the sweat on Judy's hands through his clenched hands.

Turning his head to look at her again, through the reflection of the screen, he could still clearly see her biting lips from time to time.

When the movie entered the second half, Judy simply leaned on Mirren's shoulder and unconsciously scratched the inside of his arm with her fingers.

This makes Mirren restless.

Fortunately, Tang De knew how to hold back. Whenever everyone felt satisfied, the camera would cut to the next daily scene to calm everyone down.

At this rhythm, the movie enters its final segment.

The heroine and the hero exchanged identities, the person who performed SM became the heroine, and the person who accepted it became the hero. The girls were so excited that they felt like they had conquered a domineering president.

And in this fantasy, I ended watching the whole movie.
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Mirren waited at the bathroom door for a long time. Everyone else who went in at the same time had left, but Judy refused to come out for a long time.

Judy didn't walk out of the bathroom until his feet were tired from standing.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Mirren looked confused.

"Nothing, I just...washed my face." Judy hesitated.

When Mirren looked at her face, she didn't seem to see any water droplets, and her makeup was intact.

But he didn't care and just walked out of the theater with Judy.

At the entrance of the theater, a reporter was interviewing.

He happened to see Judy, so he stretched out the microphone: "Hello, have you watched "Fifty Shades of Grey"?"

"That's right!" Judy accepted the interview generously.

"Do you think this movie is good?"

"Very beautiful!"

"As for the actors, do you think they are in line with your preferences?"

"I think Alan Tveit is so handsome!" Judy cheered.

Mirren looked embarrassed.

"Then if there is a sequel to this movie, will you still support it?"

"Yes!" Judy replied firmly: "I will definitely support it."

"Thank you!" The reporter nodded and continued to interview other people.

The next day, various reports came out.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" has a crushing advantage, directly occupying the front pages of most Hollywood reports.

However, the popularity of theaters or the reputation of movies are not actually the news that the public pays most attention to. There is only one thing that everyone pays most attention to, and that is how the box office performance is?
The theater chain soon released the data.

"Fifty Shades of Grey" had a box office of $3587 million on its opening day!
The box office on the first day exceeded 30 million?
The news was like a bombshell, blowing off the roof of Hollywood and leaving everyone inside stunned.

The executives of Universal and other major film companies were so regretful that their intestines turned green for a while. Within a few minutes after the news appeared, clear voices such as "FXXK! SHXT!" could be heard in the offices of major film companies.

Parent, the president of MGM, smiled like a flower and crossed his legs in the office, feeling that his decision was very correct.

You must know that movies with a box office of 30 million on the first day will have a final box office of more than 150 million.

And that’s just the North American box office!

Generally speaking, as long as the North American box office explodes, its reputation will spread to other countries, which will also cause a trend of movie watching.

In other words, the global box office must not be wrong.

"This is really good news!" The secretary stood next to Parent and brought him a glass of champagne.

"Yes, very good news." Parent has been working hard for MGM's debt problem for a long time, and this time he finally sees hope of turning around.

Once the box office share is received and United Artists is sold, MGM's debt will be greatly alleviated.

"Intensify global publicity efforts and I want everyone to know about this movie."

Meanwhile, Paula Wagner was chatting with Tom Cruise about the movie.

"Look, this is Tang De." He said with a smile while smoking a cigar: "I believe that his joining will bring more good films to United Artists."

Tom Cruise nodded. Although he was a little unhappy that his share was reduced, since Tang De's movie was so popular, he might have opportunities to cooperate in the future.

And this Oscar also proved Tang De's ability to win awards, which is undoubtedly what Tom Cruise values.

"So now United Artists has two franchises, Saw and Fifty Shades of Grey, which is great! As long as we get it!"

"So what's the progress of the negotiations now?" Tom Cruise asked with concern.

He was already at loggerheads with his old employer, Paramount, because company boss Sumner Redstone had considered him an elusive figure ever since he stunned audiences by jumping up and down on Oprah. people who may damage the company's image.

In addition, his remarks on whether Brooke Shields should take antidepressants also aroused the disgust of many female viewers.

Even Sumner Redstone's wife hated him.

This also means that he currently does not even have an office in Paramount. Although the company is still a cooperative state in name, in fact the two parties have long been estranged from each other.

Tom Cruise desperately hopes that he can settle in United Artists as soon as possible and have his own new company instead of relying on others.

So he has been pushing for this for a while.

Paula Wagner nodded: "Don't worry, MGM has already agreed. The only thing that has not been negotiated now is the price and payment method. I hope we will pay a part every year, and they hope we will pay it all in one lump sum."

"But don't worry, they will eventually agree because no one wants to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to buy a shell company except ourselves."

A week later, the box office results for "Fifty Shades of Grey" were released.

"Hollywood Reporter" published the latest report: "The highest-grossing movie of 2006, the most successful R-rated film in history!" 》

"After "Fifty Shades of Grey" gave a great answer with a box office of 3587 million US dollars on its first day, it gave everyone a huge surprise or shock in its first week at the box office.

"9560 million US dollars! In just one week, it is about to exceed million US dollars. This is undoubtedly a very exaggerated achievement.

"This movie proved the audience's preference with its box office, especially female viewers. After a reporter's survey, we found that 20% of female viewers watched it twice and 3% watched it three times. This is also a box office increase. One of the reasons why it was so fast.

"Although the film was dismissed as a dud by critics who thought it was weak at heart and completely failed to take on the important issues of female awakening, audiences supported it with real dollars, so much so that the original Fifty Shades of Gray book was once again It was sold out of stock. I believe the publisher is going crazy counting the money.

"Two of the leading actors, Ellen Tveit and Leighton Meester, have gone from obscurity to big stars in Hollywood. Their fan groups have also been established one after another, especially for the leading actor Ellen Tveit. , there are even enthusiastic fans who have rented a screen in Times Square to play clips of his movies every day.

"I must say that this is really the most exaggerated scene at the beginning of the new year, and it is also a rare scene in film history. If nothing goes wrong, this movie will hit a box office of 2 million."

2 million at the box office. After learning the news, many film company executives became depressed again.

(End of this chapter)