Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 258: Lucy Preview
"Please be quiet!" Under the influence of so many chaotic voices, Youfei had to stand up and continue to organize discipline.

The reporters shut up one after another. Tang De continued, "Although I don't know what hatred Clooney Investment Group has against me, facing such despicable means, I must take up the weapon of law to protect myself. So I have filed a lawsuit with the court, and the charges are..."

After talking about various commercial crimes, Tang De continued: "I am very angry now. I didn't expect that in the free and democratic America, there are still people using such shameful means. If they succeed, then what they destroy is not "Lucy", but the future of Hollywood. So I hope that all Hollywood companies will join me in boycotting Clooney Investment Group and make their conspiracy bankrupt!"

"Next is the time for questions." After Tang De finished speaking, You Fei reminded.

The reporters immediately raised their hands.
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That evening, shortly after Donde finished his press conference, Tracy and Ronald Tuttle sat in their office with grim faces.

"How could this happen!" Ronald Tuttle slammed the table hard, his palms turned red, and his tone was full of gnashing of teeth.

"How could he be prepared in advance and catch Raymond?" Ronald Tuttle stared at Tracy, his pupils full of red bloodshot, like a man-eating beast.

"I... I don't know." Tracy was also in disbelief. They had done things so neatly, but they still failed.

Moreover, Tang De found their weak spot and it affected them too.

"I don't care, Tracy, you are responsible for solving this matter!" Ronald Tuttle ordered: "Clear our relationship, and then find the best law firm in New York to counter-sue Tang De. I want to win the case, understand?"

"Understood, I'll do it right away!" Tracy had a headache, but Ronald Tuttle was the head of their investment group, so she could only obey his orders.

But the development of the situation the next day was beyond their control.

Because Norton Eye has already found the best law firm in New York in advance and formed a luxurious team of lawyers, all of whom are experts who specialize in the business field and have never been defeated.

This luxurious legal team filed a lawsuit in criminal court, and while pursuing the crime, it also demanded that the Clooney Group pay $8000 million in compensation.

The amount of compensation is undoubtedly staggering, so the Norton Eye case has been on the front pages of various media outlets.

The name of the movie "Lucy" has gradually become well-known.

It was at this time that Norton Eye released the first promotional video of "Lucy".
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Vincenzo is an ordinary movie fan, but he doesn't like watching those stories with profound plots. He only likes watching popcorn movies.

He has recently been posting film reviews on his blog, trying to comment on current superhero movies.

But there are only a few people who watch it. Even if he keeps promoting himself in the forum, not many people will read his film reviews.

because……

"All these movies you mentioned are old, and their views are not much different from others. Why should I watch them?"

This was a comment left by a tourist, which directly pierced Vincenzo's defenses and made him depressed for several days.

However, just when he was about to give up his career as a film critic, he saw the promotional poster of Lucy on the street.

The poster shows Scarlett Johansson wearing a black dress. She is sitting on a black throne, staring at the camera quietly, as if communicating with the audience.

Behind her are ferocious black crystals and various villains wearing cybernetic bodies.

"It looks good." Vincenzo likes the poster, it's cool.

"I heard it was directed by Tang De... His Inception was great, so this movie should be good too."

Vincenzo bought a few bottles of Coke from the store and walked back home along the path.

When he entered the room, he locked the door, turned on the computer directly and entered the video website YouTube.

But as soon as he opened the webpage, he found something different.

Because at this time black crystals were condensed above and below the webpage, and even the edges of the video columns were wrapped in black crystals, just like in the poster.

This cold visual style immediately attracted Vincenzo's attention, and then he discovered that at the top of the webpage, there were promotional trailers and posters for Lucy.

"Wow, is it so cool?" Vincenzo clicked on the trailer without hesitation and entered the playback interface.

He had never seen this kind of promotional method before. It was much cooler than the conventional method of playing trailers on TV.

After entering the playback interface, he changed the image to full screen.

After a while of loading, the trailer of "Lucy" appeared in front of him.

The screen was dark at first, and then soft music started playing.

Then a line of subtitles appeared on the screen.

"Where are you from?"

It was as if the movie was asking the audience a question, but before Vincenzo could figure out what this meant, he saw the screen light up and animal videos appeared one after another.

These animals behaved in a savage manner, running and chasing each other, fighting and killing each other, and gnawing on carcasses, as if they came from a barbaric era.

After the animal clips disappeared, new subtitles appeared.

"Where are you going?"

Following the subtitles is still a collection of various clips, including medieval scenes, high-rise buildings, and interstellar voyages.

Compared with the animal pictures, these pictures are more magnificent and grand, which makes people feel excited.

"who are you?"

New subtitles appear.

Vincenzo's breathing stagnated, and he felt as if something in his heart was touched. These three questions made him think a lot, and he didn't know how to answer them.

But the trailer gave him the answer.

Babies, crying, laughter, sadness, love, weddings, overtime, middle age, funerals, tombstones, these scenes flashed before Vincenzo's eyes like a revolving lantern of life. When everything disappeared, only a faint sadness remained in his mind.

And the voice that took over all of this was an old man's voice, it was Morgan Freeman.

He stood on the podium and presented his research to the crowd.

"According to statistics, the degree to which our brain is developed in our lifetime is at most 15 percent."

“In reality, most people only get 10 percent.”

"So we will be confused, at a loss, disturbed by various emotions, and will not know the meaning of our lives."

When the man reached here, he was suddenly interrupted by the audience.

"I'm sorry, professor, do you mean that when our brains are developed to more than 15 percent, we won't be troubled by emotions anymore?"

"Yes."

Morgan Freeman nodded and said, "When your brain is developed to more than 20%, you will find that the world is so clear before your eyes, as if there are no secrets."

The screen flashed Scarlett's calm face. Her body was stained with blood, but she showed no sign of pain, as if the scars had no effect on her at all.

“All the confusion will disappear.”

"When you develop to 40%, you will have all kinds of wonderful abilities, such as quick memory." The voice of the supporting character flashed across the screen: "When did you learn to write Chinese?"

This was followed by Scarlett's calm response: "An hour ago."

"What if the development level reaches 100%?" someone asked the professor in the conference hall.

Morgan Freeman shrugged: "I don't know, but my guess is, 100 percent, it will be out of the human realm."

"You mean you will become a god?"

"possible."

After saying this, the screen went black, and when it came back on, it was already in a hotel room.

Scarlett Johansson's upper body was on the TV. She said to Morgan Freeman in front of the TV: "I have read all your research reports on the brain. They are still immature, but the research direction is correct."

"Thank you."

The scene changes to a laboratory where Scarlett is demonstrating her abilities to scientists.

"My brain has been developed to 42 percent. I can sense anyone's thoughts and perform some unusual manipulations."

"So if her brain was 100 percent developed, would that really be good for us?" Chris Hemsworth asked Morgan Freeman.

"I do not know."

As soon as the words fell, the scene instantly cut to the surface of the earth. Along with Morgan Freeman's narration, void data streams, cybernetics, and helicopter bombings appeared one after another.

“So much knowledge, you could solve the mysteries of the Earth and understand the real universe. I don’t even know if humanity is ready for this.”

Finally, Scarlett's voice rang out: "It feels like everything makes me feel..."

"Ah!" In the picture, the villain screamed as Scarlett stabbed his hands with two knives.

Then, Scarlett put her hand on his forehead. Suddenly, endless brain cells appeared on the screen.

Vincenzo's eyes reflected the movie title of Lucy, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's amazing, this trailer is amazing!"

Although he only watched it once, his brain was already filled with the amount of information in the trailer. He felt that every scene and every line should have meaning, which made him very excited. He picked up a pen and wrote down everything he thought.

“The question at the beginning represents the film’s question to the audience, and also represents the question to the characters in the film.”

Vincenzo thought and wrote: "The degree of brain development Freeman mentioned corresponds to the heroine Lucy in the movie. Although we don't know what she encountered, it is obvious that her brain is constantly developing."

"Is it true that our brains are only developed to 15 percent?"

Thinking of this, Vincenzo couldn't help but search the Internet, and found that current scientific experiments have proved that the human brain is indeed underdeveloped.

"So if humans can really develop their brains, would they really have all kinds of abilities? That would be so cool!"

After Vincenzo finished writing down his guess, he watched the movie trailer again.

Then some details were added, such as what the mechanical arm on the villain was, and why Scarlett was injured but didn't feel any pain.

After writing this, he felt a little hungry, and when he looked up, it was already night.

"Time flies." Vincenzo turned around and posted this speculation on his blog, then browsed the forum while drinking Coke.

Then he discovered that it seemed that no one had published any interpretation of the movie yet, at most there were some discussions about the movie.

For example, this post: "Have you seen the Lucy trailer? I think it's quite interesting."

When Vincenzo clicked on the video and saw that everyone was still discussing Scarlett's appearance and superpowers, he felt a little superior. He immediately sent out the link to his blog and commented, "I have summarized some plots based on the trailer. You can take a look."

Then he went to eat.

When he went upstairs and returned to his room, he opened the blog and saw more than a dozen comments!
"Wow!" Vincenzo felt the joy of writing a film review for the first time.

And these comments are all about the content, some people are praising his good writing, while others are refuting the ideas in his article.

For example, Vincenzo believes that Scarlett must have gone through some kind of torture to successfully develop her brain, which can be seen from the blood-stained scene.

But others thought that it might be someone else's blood, and Scarlett should be a scientific researcher, so she went to find the professor played by Morgan Freeman.

Vincenzo started a discussion with him on his blog about this.

Meanwhile, Mirren and Judy were also watching the trailer for the film.

"Do you want to go see it now?" Judy asked him in the car.

"Of course, we must go and see it!" Mirren nodded.

"That's not what you said before."

Mirren shrugged. "Change of mind."

"But I still don't quite understand what this trailer means." Judy kept thinking after watching the trailer.

"I think it might be trying to explore what happens when the human brain is developed beyond 100%?" Mirren guessed, "Dreams were discussed in Tang De's Inception before, and this one looks like another science fiction film."

"Really? Why do I feel like this doesn't feel as real as Inception? Especially those mechanical arms. They don't look like modern times, but more like the future."

"That's called a cyber prosthesis, a product of the cyberpunk worldview. To be honest, I was quite surprised to see this element in the movie." Mirren explained: "But I don't think we should worry, the future is also great. I think the only thing missing from Inception is the worldview. This time it's finally made up."

"Yeah..." Judy nodded thoughtfully: "Let's go, what do you want to eat today?"

She started her father's car and drove out of the garage.

"Uh, I want pizza."

"Come on, Mirren, we've been eating pizza for three days, I want steak."

"Okay, it's up to you."

"Sit tight and fasten your seat belts."

Mirren couldn't help but say, "You're becoming more and more like my mother, Judy."

When she was in school, the girl still had a youthful and bright look, but after she started working, she gradually became a little stable.

"You're becoming more and more nagging, Mirren." Judy smiled and turned on the radio to Avril's new song.

Suddenly, the passionate and uninhibited music filled the car.

"But I still like Avril."

"I would also like!"

(End of this chapter)