American Peanuts

Chapter 175 The Privilege of the Financier’s Dad, Premiere

After staying one night at Megan's house in Ojia Town, Charlie followed the main force with two artists, one black and one white, with completely different styles, and began an intensive promotional activity.

But when Charlie landed in San Diego with his troops, he got bad news.

"The theater manager just called and said that we may not be able to hold events at AMC Mission Valley 20. This arrangement actually let me go." Kevin Feige said with some embarrassment.

The promotional locations for the first few stops were all arranged by Kevin Feige. You must know that he planned the last pre-heating promotion event for the Iron Man movie and he knows many theater managers in major cities.

"Why amc and not another theater like Regal Cinemas?" Megan Fox, who was sitting next to Charlie in the airport lounge and fanning herself with her hands, asked.

"Because AMC (American Multi-Cinema) is now the largest theater company in the United States, with more than 1 screens around the world, the theater managers in these cities know each other, which can save us a lot of time." Kai Wen Fitch explained.

This is similar to what Charlie knew. He even knew some other things. For example, in 12, wanda spent US$28 billion to acquire AMC at a unit price of US$26. The sellers at the time included Apollo Global Management and JPMorgan Chase. & Co, Bain Capital, etc.

And Apollo Global Management is AMC's current largest shareholder, once accounting for [-]% of the shares.

Apollo Global Management?Why does this name sound so familiar?

"Maybe we don't have to change addresses." Charlie called his dear cousin.

"Ciao, caro fratello..." Charlie said something in Italian first.

"Cousin Charlie, the income from industrial funds is pretty good." Gino Rossi's tone sounded very relaxed.

With the release of the third quarter financial report, the hot sales of mobile phones have caused Apple's stock price to rise again. The total market value has approached 1000 billion US dollars, which is almost [-]% higher than when Charlie first bought it.

Of course, part of the investment from the Luo family comes from Colin Rossi, who is deeply involved in the business field. In other words, Gino also made a lot of money from this investment. Naturally, he smiled at Charlie who brought him wealth. .

"This is only the first generation product, and a second generation will be launched next year. However, the reason I'm calling today is not to report the results of my investment to you, but to ask you for a favor. Do you know anyone at AMC?"

"Why, you want to invest in movie theaters? Don't forget the Paramount Act. The California Attorney General might blow the roof off your house."

"I don't dare to touch his brow now. It's just a small thing. I'm in San Diego now. The manager of an AMC theater here let me go. Originally, I wanted to hold a movie promotion event here."

"I understand, this is normal. They have an internal scheduling mechanism, and the person with the highest bid can jump in the queue. You know, you asked the right person this time. I work in the asset management department, and I usually get movies from them. Tickets, this matter is taken care of by me, when will you come to New York and we can get together?"

"Better with your brother."

"He probably isn't free. I don't know what he is busy with during this time. I haven't seen him for a long time."

Gino asked Charlie again which theater it was, and then said that he would help Charlie solve this little trouble within 10 minutes.

Not even 10 minutes had passed when Kevin Feige answered the phone and immediately looked excited.

"What am I talking about? This guy finally has some eyesight. He pushed the other person away."

"This has nothing to do with you. This is called the privilege of the sponsor father." Megan Fox finally found the opportunity and choked out. She could hear clearly just now while sitting next to Charlie.

"What do you mean, it's Boss Charlie..." Kevin Feige said belatedly.

"Let's go, we still have many things to deal with, the scene needs to be arranged, and there are two local media. We have to rush to the next stop tomorrow night." Charlie got up and walked towards the outside of the airport.

"It's really a good choice to let the boss personally supervise the battle." Kevin Feige called on everyone to follow Charlie.

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On the day of the event, the theater manager went to Charlie and expressed his deep apology. He also recommended theater managers in several other cities. Charlie asked Kevin Feige to write down the contact information of these people.

As for the publicity activities... they were much colder than Charlie expected.

Although there were not many people coming, it was quite deserted compared to previous events.

As for the interviews, all the questions asked were tidbits about Charlie's personal life. Compared to a re-shot movie, the reporters seemed to be more concerned about the relationship between Charlie, Megan Fox and Linney. .

Due to the opponent's publicity advantage, Charlie could only answer patiently.

"I have nothing to do with the two artists under my banner."

"Of course I know this, but I know from reliable sources that you and your team stayed at the Regency Hotel in San Diego last night, and these two artists shared a room with you."

"Bullshit, this is slander!" Charlie refused righteously.

"But we have called up the surveillance of the hotel corridor, and the two people did come out of your room this morning."

"This is just a report at work." Facing the ironclad evidence, Charlie responded without changing his expression.

"I understand, I will report it truthfully." The reporter nodded repeatedly.

Sure enough, when Charlie came to Las Vegas the next day, the local media in San Diego published a report titled "The work report of two female artists that lasted all night?"Exclusively published Charlie Rossi's personal response"

And the double click is the Spring and Autumn style of writing?
Considering that Charlie had already suffered from gossip before, it didn't matter at this time.

As long as he doesn't admit it personally, this matter will always be cleared up!
The promotional event in Las Vegas is set up at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, a performance venue located in the Caesars Palace Hotel that can accommodate nearly 4000 spectators and is an ideal place for large-scale film promotion events and performances.

Mr. Mape owns many assets in Las Vegas. With his connections, Charlie's team was able to jump in and carry out promotional activities here during the golden weekend, and even allowed Sister Niu's concert to be moved forward a day.

It is also worth mentioning that Mr. Mape nodded and agreed to sell half of his equity in Miss Universe. I don’t know what Ivanni said to him.

That night, Charlie took the two celebrities to watch Sister Niu's concert and had the opportunity to take photos with her backstage.

Sister Niu, a god-level VOCAL, not only respected Charlie very much, but even took the initiative to say hello to Megan Fox and Linney, which once again satisfied Megan Fox's vanity.

For the third stop, the team returned to Los Angeles again and held a grand press conference at the famous London West Hollywood Hotel in Beverly Hills. Charlie called almost all his friends and subordinate artists in Los Angeles.

In terms of its artists, four young actresses are led by Jetta, who has finished filming, Gal Gadot, who is about to finish filming, and Margot Robbie and Kristen Stewart, who are currently filming movies.

As for the former CEO of Summit Entertainment, Bob Friedman, who is part of PB Pictures and does not belong to the same system as Marvel, he did not appear.

Among friends, Leonardo DiCaprio was the first to bear the brunt and immediately agreed to Charlie's invitation. Nicole Kidman and Kate Winslet, who had previously fought for the lead role, also came to the scene.

This year's Oscar for best director winner Martin Scorsese also recorded a video wishing Charlie's movie success.

At the press conference, Charlie handed over the most critical speech of announcing the scheduled time to Kevin Feige.

I can't always do everything myself, I have to let my subordinates show their faces.

Kevin Feige didn't know that Charlie was deliberately cultivating him, and he chose him despite the fact that he had made a big mistake before. This made him particularly touched.

"Boss, I will never get angry in front of Megan Fox again, I swear."

"So it's your boy!" Charlie scolded with a smile.

After the press conference, Charlie briefly held a personal gathering, inviting friends to reminisce and enhance relationships.

"What are you busy with during this time? I don't think you have time to change your girlfriend?" Charlie joked.

"I've been with Kate Winslet and her husband for two months, and it's not like someone's job is to fly across the Pacific to pick up girls." DiCaprio seemed to sigh.

The first half of his sentence was about the filming of "Road to Revolution", and the second half was about Charlie's beauty pageant career.

"In addition, I also received two scripts during this period, one is a suspense film directed by Martin, and the other is a science fiction film by a young director. I think both of them are very good, but the schedules conflict."

"Which director? Why don't I help you as a staff officer?"

"Christopher Nolan, the one who made Memento and The Prestige , just finished filming Batman Begins II and is currently working on a new film."

""Inception (Inception)"?"

"Yes, how do you know?" Xiao Lizi was a little shocked.

Charlie did not answer his question directly, but said: "I'm afraid it's hard to shirk Director Martin, and Director Nolan is also a Mesozoic who is gaining momentum. You should take over both films."

"Making two movies at the same time?"

"Hmm, maybe you can win an Oscar for one of your movies?"

"I don't expect that anymore." Xiao Lizi sighed.

"There will be, trust me."

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San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Houston, Union City, Tallahassee, Boston, New York…

From west to east, for nearly a whole month, Charlie and his team traveled in major cities across the country.

The last stop of the pre-promotion was New York. At Charlie's mansion on Long Island, Kevin Feige and other film creators discussed the final premiere arrangements with Charlie.

"I think it can be set in New York. This is the headquarters of Marvel. We have a large number of fans here." Kevin Feige suggested.

"I think it's more appropriate to hold the world premiere in Chicago, where you're based, Charlie." Robert Downey Jr. chewed on a straw.

"No matter where you are, I'm going out. The smoke here is so choking that I can't speak." Megan Fox shook her head and stood up.

Charlie put down his cigar.

"I don't think these two places are good enough. Let's go back to Los Angeles. How about Huaxia Theater?"

At the time of 07, the well-known TCL had not yet obtained the naming rights of "Mann's Chinese Theater". This theater is located on the famous Avenue of Stars. Because of its unique shape, it has always been a representative building in Hollywood. In fact, in addition to being used as a tourist attraction In addition to the attractions, this is a serious large-scale cinema with the world's largest single IMAX screen.Until 02, it was used as the venue for the Oscar Awards ceremony, and now many movies choose to hold their premieres here.

"That's it. If there are no accidents, I want to hold the premiere of every blockbuster movie here." Charlie leaned forward and looked at the director and others.

Although this theater actually has nothing to do with China and is just Chinese culture in the eyes of Westerners, Charlie still has a soft spot for this place.

"Okay, BOSS, even if you hold a press conference on the moon, we will try to learn to drive Apollo NO. 11." Kevin Feige expressed his agreement, "The location is determined, we should think about who to invite. Before you The promotion of the show is very successful, can you..."

Charlie immediately rejected the proposal: "Firstly, the cost is too high, and secondly, we don't have enough time to prepare now. Have you forgotten the tabloid news that has been flying all over the sky during this period?"

"What do you mean?" Kevin Feige thought of something.

"Except for the time when she was just pregnant, Faith Hill has not appeared in public, and the same goes for Gisele Bundchen. These two alone are enough to attract enough attention, so why not use this movie Premiere announcement.”

When filming the reality show, viewers thought Faith was just gaining weight.

"If you are really going to do this, I'm afraid everyone across the country will have to pay attention to this premiere." Kevin Feige looked at the director. Both of them thought this proposal was great.

From a communication perspective, this is indeed the most effective method.

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At the same time, in the living room of the mansion, four women, Hadley, Gisele Bundchen, Megan Fox, and Linney, gathered together and were chatting passionately about topics that only women can know. concern.

As for Meghan, who is full of vanity, she will naturally not miss this opportunity to show off.

"Oh, it's already 25:[-] in the evening." She looked at the Harry Winston luxury watch on her wrist and said deliberately exaggeratedly.

"Is this time special?" Hadley turned her head.

"It's nothing special, I just said it casually." Megan Fox wrapped her fingers around the slightly curly black hair.

"Nice watch? Where did you buy it?" Gisele Bundchen was lying on the sofa, supporting her chin with her left hand. As her belly grew, she also felt the inconvenience of many pregnant women. At this moment, she was wearing a pure gray pair. One-piece ankle-length skirt, the swollen belly is very obvious.

Megan Fox finally caught the opportunity and pretended to be distressed: "It doesn't look good at all. In order to apologize to me that day, Charlie bought it from some Harry Winston store. I heard that it was ordered separately. Yeah, what a waste of money.”

Gisele and Hadley looked at each other, a smile flashed in their eyes, and Hadley said:
"This means that Charlie cares about you enough. Wear it. It suits you very well."

"Two sisters, let me see what good things Charlie bought you." Megan Fox smiled implicitly.

These words stopped the two of them. Although Charlie had bought a lot of things for them, in terms of true value, the sum of them all might be worth as much as her watch...

"Did I ask something I shouldn't have asked?" Megan Fox reached out to cover her mouth.

On the surface, he was terrified, but in his heart, he was happy.

At this moment, Charlie came out, looked at a few people and said:

"It just so happens that you are all here, I have something to arrange."

(End of this chapter)