Hollywood Road

If a movie wants to sell well, publicity and marketing are the key

The death of Heath Ledger contributed a lot to the previous "Dark Knight". Numerous historical experiences have proved that a dead main actor contributes far more to the movie than a living one.

But Murphy doesn't want to let James Franco have an unexpected situation, so the film "Dark City" must find another promotion point, and it is the kind that can attract high attention.

However, there are always some sudden unexpected situations in this world, which will make the originally formulated plan encounter some obstacles in the implementation.

Twentieth Century Fox has encountered some troubles in the UK. It is said that because of James Murdoch's relationship, the UK will ban a series of Fox Group films such as "Dark City" from being released in the country. For Murphy , If these evolutions become a reality, it means that the box office of hundreds of millions of dollars will be in vain, as well as more significant losses of offline commercial profits.

"Has the British government gone mad?"

Margot Robbie walked back and forth in the living room of the Wave Manor, and said to Gal Gadot on the sofa, "Because of the Murdoch family, are you going to blame Fox and our film?"

The contract she signed with the crew is also based on basic film remuneration plus box office dividends. The possible reduction in box office figures will directly affect personal income.

"Damn it!" Margot Robbie cursed again.

Gal Gadot didn't speak, but raised his finger, first made a silent gesture, and then pointed to the other side of the living room, where Murphy was on the phone.

Margot Robbie shut up obediently, walked over and sat next to Gal Gadot.

"Okay, it's okay." Gal Gadot comforted, "It's just some rumors. If the British side really does this, they will violate the bilateral trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States. Downing Street won't be so stupid."

"Gail is right." Murphy came over after calling, "This is just a rumor, don't take it seriously."

"How is it?" Gal Gadot asked concerned.

Murphy knew that she was asking about the phone call he had just made, "I let Bill know that although the wiretapping door has a bad influence, it will not affect the business of 20th Century Fox's films in the UK.

Margot Robbie breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine."

Gal Gadot shook his head, "The Murdoch family really dare to use any means for the sake of news and interests."

She glanced at Murphy and warned, "Beware of James Murdoch."

Murphy nodded, "I know, don't worry."

From the very beginning, he paid great attention to preventing being eavesdropped, and Murphy didn't want himself and Gal Gadot to become victims of eavesdropping.

The rumor about the unfavorable release of "Dark City" in the UK this time is precisely the negative impact from the wiretapping gate.

After a long period of investigation and ferment, over the past year or so, News Corporation's "hacking gate" has become a hot news event that has attracted global attention. Not to mention the enormous pressure that News Corporation and Rupert Murdoch are facing, even Twentieth Century Fox was affected.

The News Corporation, which was once glorious, can be said to have fallen into the storm.

With the deepening of the British investigation, more and more British and American celebrities appeared on News Corporation's wiretapping list.

Scotland Yard in the UK and the FBI in the US have successively announced a list of wiretapped people totaling 6,000 people.

These include members of the British royal family Eugenie and Princess Yorkby-Atrice, Princes William and Harry, actress Sienna Miller, British Culture, Media and Sport Minister Tessa Jowell and his wife, football star Ryan - Giggs, David Beckham and Paul Scholes and so on.

In the United States, the victims include well-known actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, the famous band Linkin Park, families of US soldiers killed in action, and several unnamed members of Congress and state senators.

The British Parliament also held several hearings on the "Bugging Gate" incident. Rupert Murdoch and Wendi Deng were present in person to accept the questioning. When the questioning was drawing to a close, an unexpected incident happened.

During the questioning, a man wearing a plaid shirt and sitting in the back row of the auditorium suddenly stood up, walked quickly to the witness stand, and held a paper plate full of shaving foam in his hand. Doc dropped it.

Everyone else froze, no one realized that it was time to stop the attacker, even Murdoch himself froze, and the police didn't react immediately.

At this time, Wendi Deng jumped up from the chair like lightning, flew forward, and slapped the assailant's face with her right palm...

The wife defended her husband, Wendi Deng's image changed drastically following this slap.

After the accident at the hearing, there were a lot of reports about Deng Wendi flying to protect her husband in some media. Some people said that Deng Wendi showed extraordinary courage and should be awarded the title of "Wife of the Year"; The unresponsive cops at the court were dwarfed by the unresponsive police”; and newspapers said she demonstrated what it meant to be a model couple at the hearing.

Through TV and other media, the attack on Rupert Murdoch's watch was presented to the public, which effectively alleviated the anger of the government and the public over the wiretapping incident, and the situation facing the Murdoch family and News Corp. Improvement, even some well-known public relations personnel believe that News Corporation recently hired a famous American public relations firm to improve its corporate image, which is not as effective as Wendi Deng's slap.

"This is definitely a very beautiful crisis public relations."

Three people talked about it, not to mention Murphy, even Margot Robbie felt that the attack behind it was not as simple as it seemed.

"These things won't affect our movie." Looking at the time, Murphy said to Gal Gadot again, "I'll go to the study to see the script you brought, and you urged Kara to let Twentieth Century Fox continue to follow the The previously established plan will be carried out.”

Seeing Gal Gadot nodding, he said to Margot Robbie, "Let's stay for lunch."

"Okay." Margot Robbie would not be polite to Murphy, "I want to eat French food."

"No problem." Murphy gestured to the butler on the other side of the living room, and said to the two of them, "Talk, I'm going to the study."

Seeing Murphy go up the stairs, the butler went to the kitchen to inform the chef. Margot Robbie asked curiously, "The script you brought for Murphy? It's about the sadomasochism between Mary Sue and the domineering president you mentioned a while ago." story?"

"That's right." Gal Gadot said a few words briefly, "The screenwriter I hired wrote the first draft of the script, and brought it to Murphy for a look. After the Oscars next year, I'm going to recruit actors and director."

"I have an idea." Margot Robbie blinked and said mysteriously, "You and Murphy can play the role yourself."

Before Gal Gadot could react, she said eagerly, "Don't you guys often play this kind of game?"

"Maggie!" Gal Gadot couldn't help raising her voice, "How can this kind of thing be put in a movie!"

Margot Robbie immediately raised her hand, "I'm just a proposal."

Gal Gadot shook his head straight, "If you want, I can let you be the heroine."

"Okay." Margot Robbie looked at Gal Gadot with his head tilted, and said in a joking tone, "Change another character to a woman, and then you come to play... oops..."

She covered her forehead, looked at Gal Gadot's retracted fingers, and said dissatisfiedly, "It hurts!"

"Don't come up with such unreliable ideas." Gal Gadot curled up her fingers and shook Margot Robbie's eyes again, "How can you say this kind of habit casually."

"What's the matter." Margot Robbie didn't care, "Which Hollywood star doesn't have some eccentricities."

Gal Gadot knew what Margot Robbie said was true, but it wasn't the same.

She has already integrated into this circle, of course she has heard many strange rumors about big-name stars.

For example, many Hollywood stars, although paid a lot of money, have a very stingy side.

At the last moment of Julia Roberts and Danny Moder's wedding, she was still shopping in "Wal-Mart". The star with a big mouth bought hot dogs, hamburgers, popcorn, cabbage, etc. Those who flew thousands of miles away Guests, eat this food!

There is also a famous penny-pinching cock in Hollywood - Catherine Zeta-Jones - whose donations to charity dinners have never exceeded four figures. At a charity fundraising party in Los Angeles, she was only willing to give 25 The bid for US dollars shocked the audience, and this incident revealed her insatiable nature.

Of course, Hollywood stars have endless eccentricities, and these are nothing.

Like what Johnny Depp likes to collect Barbie dolls, Tom Hanks likes to walk around naked on the patio, Jennifer Lopez likes to have breakfast with friends and family naked, Nicole- It has long been no secret that Kidman can collapse when a butterfly flies on him.

Maybe Hollywood stars have too much money to spend, or maybe they are under too much mental pressure. They have all kinds of strange hobbies in life, food, money, pets and even sex.

For example, George Clooney likes to sleep with the white pig, Madonna loves to eat popcorn, as long as she has popcorn to eat, she can have sex in the movie theater, and "Godfather" Robert De Niro can't work without salad and coleslaw.

There is also Liv Tyler who was once a "vegetarian" and started to eat meat because of the loss of love; rich people such as Bruce Willie and Spielberg really have too much money to spend, the former built the villa like a palace , the latter actually brought their own traffic lights in their own villas; superstars who are so empty that they only have pets to accompany them dare to raise anything, from insect-eating spiders to African orangutans...

As for her and Murphy, if the news of this unique hobby spread, they might also surprise everyone. 8 For more exciting novels, welcome to visit our Reading Academy