Chapter 8

Following Downey's lead, Kevin also began to relax.

Came to a group of babes with thin clothes.

Kevin's youthful yet slightly mature face was enough to attract these hot girls, and with Downey's words, they became even more crazy.

"My brother, Kevin, is a talented director. His first movie is about to be broadcast in theaters. You will understand next."

"Wow!!"

The hot girls exclaimed one after another, this is the yearning for the career of director.

Corresponding to the director is the star.

The director's films can cultivate one big star after another. Who doesn't want to live brightly under the lights?

Following Downey's words, Kevin was instantly overwhelmed by countless murder weapons, arms and beautiful legs...

...

The next day, in a huge large suite, Kevin woke up and broke free from the hands and feet around him.

Kevin couldn't help feeling that he was too depraved.

"I can't blame myself, it's the corrosive power of capitalism on the will. It's too powerful, and a good young man like me has fallen like this."

Kevin muttered to himself, and walked towards the hotel where he was staying without any nostalgia.

There is a great beauty waiting for him there.

After two or three days of running around like this, Kevin woke up from the gentle township and came to the New Line Film Company full of energy.

As the boss and president, Xie Yi did not care about his identity at all, and greeted one after another of paper media and film critics at the door.

In the final analysis, money is the most important thing, and he has not lost the slightest in his attitude towards these paper media or film critics.

On the contrary, if these people can say something good, it will have a great influence on the box office.

However, their glory is also in this era.

Kevin, who came in beside him, thought silently in his heart with a fake smile.

With the advent of the Internet age, these people will be swept into the garbage sooner or later. To put it bluntly, the audience has the final say on whether a movie is good or not.

District film critics are old.

Of course, that is all in the future, at least for now, the influence of these film critics is still very large.

I don't know if it's Shay's work behind the scenes, but these film critics are very friendly, completely different from the sharp faces of these film critics that Kevin saw in the newspaper.

Xie Yi, who was on the side, had a calm expression on his face. These more than 20 famous film critics took him more than 300,000 US dollars in total, and together with the paper media, he spent half a million dollars in public relations expenses.

Even if you throw it into the water, you can splash a little water, not to mention these people who talk about money.

Today's screening session, in the final analysis, is just a process.

After they watched it, they would boast about Chainsaw from their own perspective, attracting the first audience to enter the cinema.

In the follow-up, according to their internal judgment, word of mouth will be fermented to a certain extent.

I dare not say how exaggerated it is, but after removing all the investment, New Line Film Company will definitely be able to make a lot of money.

....

One after another, everyone finally arrived. Of course, no one would deliberately miss out on sending money.

In the large screening hall on the fifth floor, more than 20 film critics and more than 10 paper media people took their seats.

Roger Ebert is one of the most well-known film critics. Generally speaking, if the quality of the film is not good, these studios often do not invite him to do some screenings.

Of course, the money will naturally be given to him.

In order to keep him from spraying people casually.

The world is such a reality. When his status is high enough, people are willing to pay a huge price just to keep his mouth shut.

Roger Ebert smiled, no matter what the movie held in their hearts, he'd just say it in his own words.

This is what he has always insisted on.

He was invited to come, but the quality of the film was not good, it insulted his eyes, and he had to bear his bad comments.

Otherwise, don't invite him over casually.

Of course, Roger Ebert wouldn't mind taking advantage of his fame to put a wave of commercials on it if the movie really moved him.

The lights in the theater suddenly went out, leaving only a few small lights, emitting a little dim yellow light.

On the screen, the name of New Line Film Company suddenly appeared, followed by the names of the director, actors and people behind the scenes.

The next moment, the screen flashed.

The movie begins.

Kevin silently followed the progress of the film, observing the facial reactions of these film critics and paper media people.

The expressions of contempt, ridicule, and admiration were undoubtedly revealed. Obviously, Chainsaw was not satisfied with everyone, but Kevin could still see that they all wanted to know who Jigsaw was.

Chapter 13 The Role of the Film Critic

Their eyes were firmly attracted by the screen.

And this is enough for Kevin, to attract the audience to watch the movie instead of exiting, which has actually proved that this is not a bad movie.

As for the charm of Jigsaw, as long as he watched the last episode, Kevin knew that they would firmly engrave the classic character of Jigsaw in their hearts.

The time in the movie went by quickly, and everyone was addicted to the movie along with the struggle of the protagonist Adam.

The movie ends quickly.

Film critics have written something in the small notebooks in their hands.

On the contrary, Roger Ebert had nothing in his hand. He seemed to look around and found the figure of director Kevin and walked over slowly.

"You're the talented director Steve Kevin, and I'm Roger Ebert."

"Thank you for the compliment, my name is Steve Kevin."

Roger Ebert looked at Kevin with interest and asked his own question.

"How did you come up with a character like Jigsaw?"

For this kind of question, Kevin has already prepared in advance in his heart.

So it is natural to answer:

"I grew up in a welfare home. During my growth, I have seen many old people die in front of me."

"Most of them are suffering from illness."

"At the same time, I have also seen many of my classmates who don't respect life. They are addicted to **** and are in the middle of it."

"Wastely squandering their lives, they didn't regret it until the pain came to them."

"For this reason, I created a murderer like Jigsaw in the movie. He didn't kill people casually."

"It's for the purpose of teaching people to value their own lives. At the same time, in the movie, Adam didn't leave them opportunities for those who didn't value their lives."

"It's just that they didn't grasp it."

"…"

Kevin was talking eloquently here, and Roger Ebert on the side nodded again and again.

From the point of view of this character, the realm of Chainsaw Horror has far exceeded the average movie.

It has its own mind there.

While making people feel terrifying, it is a metaphor for persuading people to cherish the inner nature of life. There is no doubt that this is a rare masterpiece.

After getting enough information from Kevin, Roger Ebert decided to write a good review for Chainsaw when he went back.

Such a good work should be seen by more people.

Dean on the side looked at them talking so happily, and was somewhat stunned. You must know that the old guy Roger Ebert is not good at all.

The only thing the studios can do is pay him to shut up.

As for getting him to praise a movie, it must be something Roger Ebert himself truly loves that movie to be able to do.

Such a stubborn old guy who doesn't even know how to earn money, actually had such a happy chat with the director Kevin.

"Haha, Director Kevin, you really are a genius."

Roger Ebert praised Kevin again and turned away.

Dean moved his pace and came to his side and said:

"You are Roger Ebert's son?"

Kevin's face darkened, what is his son, can he speak.

"Don't get me wrong, I haven't seen Roger Ebert in such a good manner with people in a long time, and as you can see, he's not a gregarious guy among film critics."

"However, his film reviews can always unearth some unexpected things, and he has a great influence on the reputation of a film."

Dean explained.

Kevin nodded, the name of Roger Ebert, he had also heard of it in his previous life, but he only knew that he was a famous film critic.

Of course, in this day and age, film critics are very influential.

If not necessary, he had better not offend these people.

After answering these questions for him, Dean took Kevin to find Shay to discuss the next premiere.

As for these film critics and paper media people, they are naturally received by other people, and they will naturally not talk nonsense after receiving the money from New Line Pictures. There is still some professional ethics.

...

Seeing Kevin and Dean arriving, Shay waved quickly and asked them to come over.

On the table in front of him is something called a schedule ticket, which records in detail the information about the movies that were released before and the movies that will be released soon.

Terminator 2, The Silence of the Lambs...

These are movies that have been showing for more than a few months, and Kevin can't help but be thankful that in this October and November, the off-season at the North American box office, there are no hard bones.

And it's almost Halloween.

According to the normal broadcast time, they will be able to wait until Halloween.

Every year Halloween is a great time for horror movies to come out.

But Halloween is not the only one of them, and other film companies will not miss it. Choosing Halloween means that they have to compete with other movies.

There are only so many movie theaters, if you have more, others will have less.

This is your life-and-death relationship.

Shay is seeking his opinion?

Kevin guessed.

"There are several movies that are currently in theaters, but the upcoming Halloween, as the first choice for horror movies, is very competitive."

"Kevin, I need you to promote it in major universities..."

Shay said directly.

"no problem."

Kevin agreed directly.

Of course, he will not refuse this kind of promotion that is beneficial to the movie box office.

After agreeing, the next step is naturally a series of detailed discussions.

The specific promotion time was put on the day before Christmas, and the first stop was Kevin's alma mater, the movie theater next to the University of Southern California.

Before that, preheating is naturally indispensable.

.....

The next day, Kevin got up, bought a newspaper from the hotel entrance, and then went back to his room to watch the critics' comments.

"The genius work of a genius director. This Halloween, you must not miss a good work. In this film, you can see how Jigsaw punishes those who do not cherish life in the name of God... "