Helena Christensen walked over to Eric with a glass of red wine and sat down, snuggled up to him naturally, and asked coquettishly, "Eric, how is my acting?"
Feeling the fragrance of a woman who is completely different from the girl next to him, Eric nodded with a smile: "Well, it's not bad."
"It's just not bad," Helena Christensen seemed a little dissatisfied with this evaluation, and wanted to say something else, her eyes inadvertently noticed the evil smile on the other girl's white and tender baby's face, as if thinking of something, she suddenly restrained her coquettishness He said to the girl in a flattering manner, "Drew, when will you come to New York next time, let's play together?"
"Okay," the girl nodded with a smile, her face was harmless to humans and animals, she yawned in a blink of an eye, stretched her waist against Eric, and said, "Eric, I'm so sleepy, I'll go back to sleep first gone."
Eric could feel that Helena Christensen was a little apprehensive towards the girl. Although he was a little curious, he didn't care. He pampered the girl's soft waist and asked her to stand up, saying, "I can't go now. , A lot of people haven't said hello yet, you go back first."
"Yeah," the girl leaned over and pecked at the corner of Eric's mouth affectionately, glanced at Helena Christensen, and said with a smile, "I'm going back to Trousdale Manor, do you want to Come here and I won’t care.”
"Oh, let's go, I'll be there later," Eric patted the girl on the waist, saw her leave with the twins, and then asked Helena Christensen with a smile: "Drew packed you? "
The girl left, and Helena Christensen immediately relaxed again. Hearing Eric's question, she remembered what happened at the Metball charity ball at the beginning of the month, but shook her head and said, "No, we little girls don't dare to provoke Germany. What about Lu."
"It seems that it is still cleaned up," Eric said with a smile, but didn't ask any more questions. He believed that the girl still knew how to measure it. Of course, even if some things lost their sense of proportion, it didn't matter. Glancing around, Eric changed the subject and asked, "Going away?"
Helena Christensen nodded helplessly, and said, "Yeah, I'm angry, just coax me tomorrow."
Eric shook his head and said, "Don't coax, break up with him."
"What?" Helena Christensen asked subconsciously, and in a blink of an eye her expression became a little aggrieved and resentful: "Eric, I think this should be my private matter?"
Eric has always found it very strange, why most of the goblins of the Victoria's Secret Legion will show such a small look of resentment in front of him, is it a good deal
I feel that this idea is a bit exaggerated, maybe all beautiful women are like this.
Putting this thought aside, Eric said: "Of course it's your private matter, this is just my personal suggestion. Also, since you happen to be here today, help me pass a message to the Angel Legion."
Helena Christensen couldn't keep up with Eric's sudden turn, and asked in confusion: "Rumor, what?"
"Oh, it is said that it is so. In the future, any supermodel who associates with Leon will be kicked out of the Victoria's Secret Legion, even the five spokespersons will be no exception."
Helena Christensen stared at her opal-like green eyes, and stammered, "This, is this, a rumor?"
Eric nodded: "Yes, you can try it if you don't believe me."
"But, this," Helena Christensen faltered a few times, and was immediately discouraged. Her expression returned to a resentful look, she stared at him like an angry kitten, and said, "Okay, okay, Ai Rui K, I'm breaking up with him tomorrow, and help you spread, uh, rumours. But you should tell me why?"
Eric said: "Just do what I tell you obediently, women don't ask so many why."
"It's really machismo," Helena Christensen said, her body leaned over again, her expression returned to a charming look, and she said, "Eric, don't you want all of us to be like the church?" You guard your body like a jade for you like a saint? That's too much, you are not God."
Eric felt that the girl's soft body was almost attached to his body, and he reached out his hand unceremoniously, stroking her delicately made-up face, and said: "You are wrong, I am your God, I never force others' Faith, but if you give up this belief, you will be demoted to the mortal world, no longer an angel."
"Oh, Eric, you are not God, you are the devil," Eric's fingertips seemed to have an electric current released, and Helena Christensen felt a little weak in her body, so she murmured reluctantly, pulled herself together and turned to the side With his head open, he held Eric's finger in his mouth, showing his small white teeth, and looked over threateningly.
Eric fiddled with the soft little tongue a few times, then easily withdrew his fingers, patted the girl's waist, and said, "Let's go, come with me to entertain the guests, and dance together later."
The premiere of "Prison in the Air" was held on May 28, and the next day, "The Lion King 2" held a grand premiere at the same theater.
In this way, on May 30, "Prison in the Air" and "The Lion King 2" were officially released in major theaters in North America.
Since the major media in North America are paying close attention to the situation of the confrontation between the two films, many newspapers began to give comments on the two films on the day the film was released.
However, this time, the situation seems to be very unfavorable for Firefly.
According to preliminary statistics, the comprehensive evaluation score of "Prison in the Air" in newspapers and the Internet barely reached the passing line of 6 points. Paramount Animation's Roger Ailes' "The Lion King 2", which has been honing his sword for three years, is as expected. It didn't disappoint a lot of people, and the initial film score was close to 9 points, which can be said to be well received. Moreover, the story of "The Lion King 2" is focused on Simba's story experience after adulthood, and this change is obviously more suitable for the appetite of slightly older audiences.
A long day passed. On the evening of May 30th, although it was Friday, there were still many company executives gathered at the Paramount headquarters in Hollywood. Although Viacom’s chairman Summer Redstone remained calm, But the Paramount CEO Shirley Lansing sitting next to him and the "Lion King 2" director Roger Ailes on the other side were obviously not so calm.
Everyone was casually discussing some recent trifles. The film has already been released. At this time, it is useless to worry about anything. All they can wait for is the final box office results of "The Lion King 2". Although the Internet media and today's evening papers, the film reviews of "The Lion King 2" are almost all one-sided praises, but due to the early release marketing work being hindered by Firefly and Fox, Paramount is very concerned about the box office prospects of "The Lion King 2". Still full of doubts.
Lei Shidong is 74 years old this year. Although his body is still very healthy, he rarely stays up late like today, and his energy is inevitably a little low. After finishing the cup of coffee in front of him, he motioned to the secretary to pour him another coffee. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was exactly 12 o'clock, and it should be June 1st now.
Although he already had a rough idea, Lei Shidong couldn't help but asked Shirley Lansing next to him again: "Shirley, when will the preliminary box office statistics be released?"
"The last screening in most theaters is around 11:00 midnight. At that time, some theaters have already started preliminary box office statistics. However, if you want to get the results, you have to wait until at least one o'clock in the morning." Shirley Lansing explained, "How about, Summer, you go back to rest first, and I will call you when the results come out."
"No, it's okay, I'm not too old to walk," Lei Shidong stubbornly shook his head and refused. Thinking of what happened in the recent period, anger flashed again in his expression, and he said to the assistant sitting not far away: "Jack, is there a reply from Larry Tish?"
"Mr. Redstone, I called this afternoon and they said that Mr. Tish is currently in Europe and will be back in about a week."
"Hmph, it's not for sale," Lei Shidong muttered.
Larry Tish is the largest shareholder of the CBS TV network. Over the years, CBS's operating conditions have been very bad, and Larry Tish has always wanted to sell the TV network.
Two years ago, Larry Tish also conducted acquisition negotiations with QVC controlled by Barry Diller. Barry Diller's financial support, this almost successful deal was unexpectedly yellowed.
Although it has continuously annexed Blockbuster chain stores, Paramount Pictures, and Disney's hand-drawn animation studios in recent years, many shareholders of Viacom hope that Redstone can suspend the pace of expansion. "The Lion King 2" was stimulated by the joint blockade of Firefly and Fox in terms of marketing. Redstone finally made up his mind and initiated the acquisition of CBS TV station again to make up for Viacom's shortcomings in media marketing channels.
However, due to the rise of the wave of new technologies in recent years, as well as the rise of the TV industry, the initiative of this acquisition has faintly fallen to CBS. After Viacom expressed its intention to acquire, Larry Tish, who had been eager to sell CBS, took it up this time.
The time in the middle of the night always seems a little long, and the time moves slowly every minute and every second, as if it has been a long time, and finally it is one o'clock in the morning.
There was a sudden clicking sound from the fax machine that was placed next to the meeting. Everyone was shocked and looked over expectantly and apprehensively.
Brian Barclay, the president of Paramount's distribution department, was sitting next to the fax machine. Seeing that the three of them hadn't moved, he got up, pulled out the data form that had just been faxed, and looked at the paper.
Not surprisingly, the box office of "The Lion King 2" appeared at the top of the list.
$12.8 million.
When Brian Barclay saw this number, he began to think quickly.
According to the box office trend of the three-day weekend under normal circumstances, 12.8 million on the first day, there will be a rise in the box office on Saturday, and it will fall again on Sunday. Taken together, according to the box office data on the first day, the three-day box office of "The Lion King 2" should be able to reach about 40 million US dollars in the first weekend.
Before he had time to think further, Redstone coughed softly in Brian Buckley's ear: "Hey, Brian, how did it turn out?"
Brian Barclay suddenly woke up. Seeing that everyone in the meeting was looking at him, he quickly smiled and said, "Very good, the first day was 12.8 million US dollars. According to this trend, the box office in the first weekend should be close to 40 million. Dollar."
Brian Barclay said, and handed the box office data to the three of Redstone.
Lei Shidong couldn't wait to look at the fax paper, and Shirley Lansing and Roger Ailes on both sides also came over.
Now that they had heard the number reported by Brian Barek, the three of them almost looked down together, looking for the first-day box office figures of "Prison in the Sky", and noticed the result at a glance, $7.7 million.
Shirley Lansing murmured: "7.7 million on the first day, up to $25 million on the first weekend, we won."
Although the other company executives present couldn't see the data, they all knew that the second set of numbers Shirley Lansing mentioned referred to the movie, and they all whispered excitedly.
Roger Ellers didn't pay much attention to the box office of "Prison in the Air". In fact, many people know that there is not much comparison between the two films with completely different themes. Roger Ailes is more concerned about the box office comparison between "The Lion King 2" and "The Lion King".
The expected box office of 40 million in the first three days of the first weekend, compared with the box office of more than 49 million in the first three days of the first weekend, is a full reduction of 10 million US dollars. This result is obviously very disappointing.
Lei Shidong listened to Shirley Lansing's low-pitched explanation of the various possible future box office trends of "The Lion King 2" based on the situation on the first day. His expression was very satisfied, and he noticed Roger Ailes' disappointed He reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Roger, don't do this, you have done a great job. Everyone knows that the reason why "The Lion King 2" has a lower box office than the first one is not because of you." The films produced are not good enough. If we can have enough publicity resources, the box office of "The Lion King 2" will definitely be able to match or even exceed the results of the first film."
"Yeah, Roger," Shirley Lansing also said, "and, according to the word-of-mouth of "The Lion King 2", it is not impossible for the film to achieve a reversal in the second week. There is no rule that only Firefly can make Make a movie like Titanic."
Shirley Lansing spoke out, although many people immediately thought of "Godzilla", which will be released next week, under the high-intensity marketing bombardment of Sony Pictures, almost no one would doubt that "Godzilla" will become a Department box office 'Monster'. But obviously, no one will say anything to spoil the fun at this time.
Looking at the $7.7 million box office of "Prison in the Air" on the first day, many people feel that, at least, if it is hit next week, "Prison in the Air" with an audience similar to "Godzilla" will obviously be even more miserable. (To be continued.)