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   Chapter 602 Hustle

Waiting for Jenny, posing for a photo, and having the media and magazine reporters on the scene take pictures, Jenny dragged Song Yang to walk down the red carpet. Jenny was on the red carpet, but no one dared to urge him. The big sponsor, the entire crew, the guests on the red carpet, and the media reporters at the scene did not have any comments.

The invited media took a lot of photos for Jenny. These media are all willing to give Song Yang the face of the big moneymaker. As long as Song Yang is still in Hollywood in the future, there will be news reported by them. When it comes to the relationship, maybe it will be able to report some exclusive news.

After walking the red carpet, Harvey greeted him and said to Song Yang with a smile on his face, as if he was sure that "The Matrix" would be a big hit, but Song Yang knew that Harvey was just touting, he even said "The Matrix". "I've never been in the editing room once, and today is probably the first time I've seen a film.

  Song Yang nodded with a smile, and walked into the furnished hall with Spielberg, Coppola, and a group of Italian-born stars.

There are already a lot of people sitting inside, including some movie fans, invited media and reporters, people from Western Pictures, Industrial Light and Magic, Weta Special Effects Studio who participated in the filming and production of "The Matrix", and so on. arrived.

   Kevin Kelly, the titular film consultant, also has his own business. He took a small book and sat with a group of film critics, preparing to give a score to "The Matrix".

  Song Yang and Jenny sat on the side of the crew. Western Pictures President Ted Sarando, IMDB President Comey Needham, and the Wachowski brothers sat around Song Yang.

In the screening hall, with a bit of noise, Harvey, Spielberg and others chatted and laughed with a lot of familiar actors and directors, and they were all involved in the hacking of Harvey, DreamWorks, Paramount, etc. For the Empire Production company, they have already earned what they should earn. As for the box office of "The Matrix", whether Western Pictures will lose money, etc., they don't care that much.

   As soon as the lights dimmed, the lights on the big screen began to light up. The title and LOGO of Western Pictures appeared, and the LOGOs of DreamWorks and Paramount also appeared on it one after another.

   In the column of sponsors, there are ICQ, Alcatel Mobile, Panda TV, America Telecom, Siebel Sports Car, etc., and behind this column of sponsors, there is another inconspicuous sponsor, Scour Company!

   A group of Hollywood people in the screening hall did not notice this company at all, Song Yang glanced at the Scour website a few more times.

This is a website established by Kalanick. Song Yang secretly poked it. Through an overseas foundation, he invested a US dollar in venture capital for Scour, allowing Kalanick to launch MP3, movie and other businesses on the Scour website. The above is to launch pirated music and movies, so that the second-generation mobile phone of Alcatel will soon be launched, and the MP3 software equipped with it can download music through the Scour network.

  The whole of Hollywood has not set their sights on Scour, nor would they have imagined what Scour will toss Hollywood into!

On the big screen, the movie kicked off, and the noise at the scene gradually subsided. Before seeing this movie, the publicity of "The Matrix" was a sci-fi blockbuster, but the promotional video released was an explosive one. Action blockbuster, the outside world's views on this film are naturally different.

   At the beginning of the film, Neo, played by Keanu Reeves, took the lead, and then came into contact with Trinity, and the plot of the whole film began to unfold.

  In the future, this kind of film where computers and robots rule the world, and humans rise up to resist, has long been rotten, but for this year when special effects are just emerging, the pictures that are piled up with these special effects are still very interesting.

Song Yang looked at the picture on the big screen. The plot of this film was basically the same as what he had seen in his previous life. However, with the sufficient budget of Western Pictures, three films were filmed together, and the whole plot was more coherent. Obvious plot issues.

   When the scenes of several action scenes appeared, and the chase scene on the expressway specially built for filming appeared, many fans on the scene exclaimed.

   When Spielberg looked at the picture on the screen, he asked aside, "This highway was specially built by Western Pictures?!"

   It is not uncommon in Hollywood to build a scene for a film. Many big directors have done it, and Spielberg, who is good at shooting big scenes, is no stranger.

  Harvey said with a smile after hearing Spielberg's words, "Now Hollywood directors all like this set, Fox's new film, I heard that a big ship was re-engraved as the shooting scene!"

   Listening to Harvey's words, Spielberg, Coppola and others all knew what he was referring to. Naturally, it was the "Titanic" that Fox Pictures and the old driver are now filming.

This movie has spent tens of millions of dollars in Fox Films from the beginning of the preparations to the present, and as a result, the filming has not officially started yet. Obviously, the old driver has spent more money than Wachowski. Brother, the cost is even bigger!

  As the plot progresses, the worldview of the entire film begins to be revealed. The intersection of virtual and reality makes the audience watching the premiere on the spot inevitably give birth to the feeling of whether the world is real or unreal.

   For ordinary movie fans, what they watch is basically special effects and action scenes, but for film critics, it is just a part of the movie.

  Kevin Kelly saw Silverman, a film critic sitting in his "New York Times", from time to time writing and drawing in a small notebook, sometimes stopping for a moment before starting to record again.

   He is the editor of the magazine himself. Silverman is in this state, and Kevin Kelly has also experienced it. When he evaluates a game or software, if he attracts attention, it will be in this state.

Different from the traditional action scenes of Hollywood movies, the martial arts and supporting roles invited by "The Matrix" from Hong Kong City this time make the action scenes more elegant for the audience. The martial arts action is placed in Hollywood today. Absolutely ahead.

The chase on the highway caused the fans on the scene to start screaming. After the movie's protagonist Neo and Agent Smith met at the subway station, they began to fight each other's bullets. The protagonist Neo began to believe in his own ability. This scene made the scene The screams started to get more violent.

  Kevin Kelly saw this movie scene. This scene is not the most amazing in Hollywood movies, but it gave him a special feeling.

And Silverman, as well as the surrounding film critics, Spielberg, Coppola, Harvey, etc., finally changed a bit when they saw this. The scene of this movie is not wonderful, but It is a unique style that only belongs to the style of "The Matrix"!

  No matter what the box office of the movie is, when a movie has its own unique style, the movie will be recorded in the film history and will be remembered by countless fans.

While the fans, critics, and directors on the scene were still watching those action scenes, the Wachowski brothers appeared in the movie screen, and they were thinking about it for a long time. It took more than a year for the Weta special effects studio to polish the "bullet time" when the screen was finished. The entire venue was silent for a while, only the sound of the movie and the screen were displayed!

  The fans at the scene looked at the screen, the agent and Neo, after performing the bullet dodging one after another, there was silence at first, followed by uncontrollable screams.

Many film critics who were present were already ready to watch a **** "sci-fi movie" when they entered the venue, but they ended up seeing a downright action blockbuster, and they couldn't say that "The Matrix" is not. It's an objective film, but watching the big action scenes on the screen, I always feel that this film seems to be a bit indecent...

The first time I saw Harvey, Spielberg, Coppola and others in the film, when they saw this, their expressions began to become serious. They are all veterans of the film industry. Is a movie good? When they see half of it, they can basically tell the difference.

The plot of The Matrix is ​​not too outstanding, and the concept is not too new, but from the beginning to the present, the plot is gradual, at least there are not too many loopholes, which is not common in science fiction films, and this film, The biggest selling point, action scenes and special effects, can be understood just by looking at the reactions on the scene.

   On the red carpet just now, Harvey was complimenting Song Yang, but now, Harvey has a feeling that this film can really sell well!

Kevin Kelly watched the special effects in the movie. Even as an ordinary filmmaker, he felt the shock. This shock was just like when he saw "Star Wars" for the first time. Kind of, and this kind of movie feeling!

   Elias, who was sitting at the back of the crew, had a bad feeling in his heart after seeing the reaction at the scene. People in Hollywood, seeing this film, basically have a concept in their hearts.

"Congratulations!"

   "This is the most exciting film I've seen this year!"

   "Larry, Andy, what is the matrix in The Matrix?"

  The film has just finished showing, and many stars have begun to congratulate the Wachowskis, and some film critics have begun to ask questions to the Wachowskis.

  The Hollywood stars present are all elite, and they all know that once the film is a big hit, the Wachowski brothers are afraid that they will become first-line stars.

   "Keanu, Paramount has a new play, what are you interested in?"

  Besides Keanu Reeves, there are more reporters, producers and directors who want to get Keanu Reeves' next film contract.

Just saw that as soon as the lights were turned on, there were a large number of fans who ran to Keanu Reeves and wanted to get his autograph, they knew how far Keanu Reeves was from becoming popular .

If you get Keanu Reeves' next film contract, with the popularity of "The Matrix", it can attract a lot of box office. These film companies and producers are well aware of the truth in this. !

   "AMC Cinemas will expand the number of screen canvases for "The Matrix"!"

After the screening, the heads of several major theater chains of AMC said to Western Pictures President Ted Sarando that this is also a show of goodwill to Western Pictures. If the level of "The Matrix" can be maintained, then Western Pictures It is possible, like DreamWorks, Lionsgate, etc., to become a new player in Hollywood!

   Song Yang looked at the scene in the venue. After the screening, the fans at the scene did not leave the venue. The reporters and film critics also kept asking questions to the crew, wanting to dig out the inside story of more movies and actors.

   "Continue the propaganda, America and overseas propaganda, don't stop!" Song Yang explained to Ted Sarando, Comey Needham and others.

  The fragrance of wine is also afraid of the deep alley, and the propaganda without bombardment will not attract fans into the theater at all.

After the premiere of   , Western Pictures held a grand banquet for the crew and invited many media and reporters, also to build momentum for the "Matrix".

   When Song Yang got up from the North Shore Manor on Long Island the next day, Jenny had already got out of bed.

   "Song!"

   As soon as they got downstairs, Jenny took a newspaper and rushed towards Song Yang excitedly, "The Matrix was released at the box office last night, 6.5 million US dollars!"

  Song Yang took the newspaper from Jenny's hand, and after unfolding it, the front page was the propaganda newspaper of The Matrix. It was written that "The Matrix" was released on the first night, and it won the box office of 6.5 million US dollars.

This result is not outrageous, but this is only one night’s box office. If you add today’s box office during the day, the box office on the first day will definitely explode, exceeding 15 million US dollars, or even sprinting 20 million US dollars, plus the weekend If so, the box office of "The Matrix 1" exceeds 100 million US dollars in America, which is basically no problem!

   "Today, The Matrix 1 is officially released in America, London, Tokyo and other countries around the world. The number of screens released in America and America has exceeded 4,400 canvases..."

On    TV, cinemas in Los Angeles, New York and other places began to line up to watch the scenes of the "Matrix" movie.

  When Keanu Reeves showed up to participate in the promotion, a large number of fans on the scene screamed deafeningly. In just one night, Keanu Reeves became a popular fried chicken in Hollywood.

Seeing that the box office is likely to be a big hit, even the media are not too picky about her acting skills. In the morning, Jenny happily finished her make-up, pulled Hailey, and brought a few small attendants to join the crew. , ready to show up for publicity.

  While Song Yang was having breakfast, Ted Sarando, Comey Needham and others came to Song Yang, and Ray Donovan followed.

   "Boss, now Hollywood is praising Song for your vision!"

After entering the manor, Ted Sarando immediately bragged to Song Yang that Hollywood was waiting for Song Yang's jokes, but the box office of "The Matrix" might explode. Naturally, many people were disappointed, but the media that touted Song Yang's investment vision was probably going to be even more clamorous.

   (end of this chapter)