chapter 042

Martin had just arrived home when he received a call from Jessica.

As soon as I pressed the answer button, there was a scream from the other side.

"Ah, Martin, I'm finally going to be the lead role in a movie, I got an offer for a movie, and my audition passed."

"Congratulations, Jessica, what's the name of the movie?"

"Dark night in the southern part of the Lower Zone."

"Uh, what rotten name?"

Martin secretly complained, and quickly searched the memory.

There is no message of this movie at all in memory.

It is estimated that it is another street movie.

There was a desire to persuade Jessica to give up, but she didn't know how to speak.

Use magic?

Don't be silly, how could Martin waste his magic for such a small matter!

Maybe let Jessica accept the reality beating and then make suggestions, which would be easier to adopt.

So-

"Hey, congratulations, girl, you're going to be a big star!"

"Cluck, thank you for your blessings, I will try to catch up with you."

Jessica on the other end of the phone was smiling happily.

See, this is emotional intelligence.

Seriously, Martin doesn't have to worry about any Rausch test, he has disguised humans very well!

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The next day, Jeff's phone called.

"Martin, I'll come and pick you up now, Harvey has faxed the contract over, I have seen it with a lawyer, there are no traps, you can sign it."

"OK, you come over now."

Summer vacation is coming to an end, and I have to take care of some chores until school starts-

Well, he felt like he was going to take another long vacation.

Is it still necessary to attend school myself?

Martin had seriously considered this issue.

But considering that his friends are in school, the relationship still has to be maintained from time to time, so I dismissed this idea.

Mark Zackerberg, in particular, this guy has the potential to be his own help in the future.

Face, an Internet community with media functions, is definitely an excellent publicity position!

In fact, Martin himself could have copied the idea and worked on it himself.

But he really doesn't have that much time and energy, at most invest a little to be a zombie shareholder (just invest, don't point fingers).

It's quietly coming to December.

"Titanic" was released.

At first, no one took this film destined to go down in history seriously, and various critics criticized the film in various ways.

"A special effects movie with a love theme, ha!"

"The film is meaningless, James Cameron spent two hours telling a superficial and boring love story."

And more caustic.

"James Cameron spent 200 million to build a sinking 'giant ship' for Twentieth Century Fox Film Company. Yes, I think the box office of the film will also sink like that giant ship. "

"Two hundred million romance films, my God, is twentieth century Fox crazy? Or is James Cameron crazy? I heard that James Cameron has prepared the blade, and hopefully the next time we see the director's name, it's not on the tombstone. "

For a while, all kinds of cynicism were overwhelmed.

Even Twentieth Century Fox's emergency PR failed to silence these voices, because his opponents were also fueling it.

After the first day, the North American box office of the Titanic was only about 8.6 million US dollars, and although it "took" the box office champion of the day, it did not make the executives of Twentieth Century Fox and James Cameron happy at all.

Because according to this trend, even if the box office on Saturday and Sunday rises a little, it will not meet expectations.

From past experience, the first three days of the film's release weekend are the three strongest days at the box office, and then it will fall all the way, the difference is only the size of the decline.

Many people think that "Titanic" is finished, James Cameron is finished, and more and more people are singing about this movie.

But at this time, an insider stood up and stood up for the movie.

That's right, it's our little Martin.

Speaking to reporters in public, he said: "I've seen this film, it's an extraordinary masterpiece, Mr. James Cameron is a great director. "

"I don't think you can look at the box office trend of "Titanic" with common sense, its word of mouth, its special effects scenes, his poignant love, will make this movie a trend, I am sure its box office will go against the market…"

Now that he knew that the film would be a big hit, Martin would be foolish if he didn't take the opportunity to show favor to Twentieth Century Fox and James Cameron.

This is not over, he must not only show favor, but also be a "prophetic emperor".

"I don't think the film's box office in the first three days of its first weekend may exceed 30 million, but after that it will have a surprisingly low box office decline, and when its word of mouth accumulates to a threshold, it is bound to explode with surprising box office growth."

"I predict that the film's final box office in North America will probably exceed 600 million, and the global box office is likely to exceed 1.6 billion."

Martin's words caused an uproar.

Even James Cameron called Twentieth Century Fox suspiciously, "You found this little genius?" "

And the executives of Twentieth Century Fox were also confused at this time, "No, we have never contacted him!" "

Is he really optimistic about this movie?

James Cameron was a little moved, and for a while he actually regarded Martin as a confidant.

It's no wonder that he is fragile and sensitive, but his pressure is too great during this time.

Not only external pressure.

You know, after the box office came out on the first day of the movie, he received a call from Alan Ryder Jr., the CEO of Twentieth Century Fox in the phone sadly:

"James, if this movie fails, I'll definitely pull you and jump off the Commonwealth Bank Building. Cut your wrists so gentle way to die, bah, what do you think! "

(PS: Trivia, Commonwealth Bank Building, also known as Library Building, First Interstate World Center, is located at 633 West 5th Street, downtown Los Angeles, California, USA. It is the tallest skyscraper in all of North America west of Chicago and the tallest building in California. ）

In this kind of embattled time, suddenly a person jumped out and said I support you optimistic about you, your movie will definitely sell well at the box office, can James Cameron not be moved!

And when James Cameron was moved, Martin was suffering from countless cynicism.

"Martin, do your own thing, box office prediction is not for you."

"Our little genius just succeeded in a movie and floated? Who does he think he is? God? "

"Martin courted James Cameron in a maverick way, but maybe he should change someone, like Steven Spielberg."