Chapter 173 (1/2)
Wake up by the telephone ring in the morning, Simon opens his eyes and finds that Catherine is looking at herself, with some confusion and panic in her eyes.
Simon held the woman in his arms, gave her a kiss on the lip, and then reached for the microphone on the headstock.
It's pat Kingsley. Because of the recording of ”Johnny Carson tonight show”, pat Kingsley, Simon's PR Manager, is also in New York in recent days. Kingsley's phone call is about a piece of gossip in the daily news newspaper in New York.
”The judges of Palme d'Or live in Cannes, westero.”.
Natasha Kinsky's borrowing from Simon was picked out. The daily news played up the story as a piece of trivia news in the article. However, it is not difficult to find that the other party's fundamental purpose is to question the fairness of Simon's obtaining the golden palm.
Simon was not surprised at the news.
The summer season competition has entered the most intense stage, with more than 10 blockbuster new films coming out in recent weeks. Because of the characteristics of the box office market, at this time, if we suppress the opponent's momentum, we will be able to gain more market space.
Two people stick together, Catherine naturally hear Simon and Kingsley dialogue. When Simon hung up, Catherine's mood in her eyes had changed, but she still looked at him. Obviously, women's focus is not on the deep meaning of the daily news report.
Simon was watched by Catherine, had to take the initiative to explain: ”I have nothing to do with that woman, and she has been married.”
Katherine gave a hum, broke away from Simon's arms and said faintly, ”it's Jennie's business. It has nothing to do with me.”
Simon tried to get close to him with a smile, but Catherine pushed him away and asked, ”what would you like for breakfast?”
Instead of answering the question, Catherine said, ”you are responsible for mending my shirt buttons.”
”It seems that there is no needle and thread at home. You can wear my clothes,” Simon said, sitting up to get up, trying to find his shirt and gesticulating to the woman
Catherine reached over and gave him a push. ”It's going to be seen,” she said
As for the relationship, Simon knew that Catherine was more careful than himself, so he nodded, ”OK, I'll ask Neil to send some stitches later.”
After breakfast, Katherine still stays in her apartment and plans to leave quietly. Simon goes to the headquarters of Westeros company to discuss with James Leibold about taking new world entertainment by means of debt to equity swap.
On the other hand, the report in the daily news was just the beginning, and similar news came from the west coast. Denise film and Orion's public relations team immediately began to enter to guide public opinion.
The next day, vulgar novel was officially released in North American Theaters, along with Fox pictures' Tom Hanks' flying over the future and Warner Brothers' Chevy Chase 'funny farm.
In addition, the North American box office data of the past week are also available.
”Crocodile Dundee 2”, which has 2837 open picture screens, won $30.17 million box office in the first full week and seven days, easily winning the box office champion in a single week. Taking into account the two days of the previous week, the total box office of the film has reached $34.92 million.
However, the public praise of ”Crocodile Dundee 2” is in sharp contrast to its massive early publicity and large-scale screen opening. The media in North America almost gave the film one-sided bad reviews.
Variety magazine commented that ”Crocodile Dundee 2” is ”too plain as an adventure film, and there are not many laughs as a comedy.”.
”New York Times” critics view is more intense: ”most of the sequel's default strategy is to extract the advantages of the previous work as much as possible to give the audience more elements they like,” Crocodile Dundee 2 ”is like an idiot to do the opposite, it almost abandoned all the things in the first film, it seems mediocre and boring.”
Although the media reputation of ”the first drop of blood 3” starred by Stallone is better than ”Crocodile Dundee 2”, it is only relatively speaking.
Moreover, the box office revenue of the sequel ”first drop of blood 3”, which has invested 63 million US dollars in huge production costs, is equivalent to that of ”Crocodile Dundee 2” in the first two days. However, in the first full week, the box office revenue of the sequel ”first drop of blood 3” was quickly thrown away by the other party, with a total box office revenue of 24.63 million US dollars in seven days.
The box office of ”Fengyun Jihui”, third on the list, fell only 16% next week to close at $9.26 million. However, due to the weak start, the cumulative box office of Fengyun Jihui in two weeks is only 20.32 million US dollars.
”When Harry meets Sally” still ranks fourth, with a total box office of 97.55 million and a revenue of 3.32 million dollars in the 12th week.
Compared with the previous ”Crocodile Dundee 2” and other new films, the three films released on June 3 have a very good reputation.Tom Hanks's ”flying over the future” can be said to be the famous work of this Hollywood superstar, and also brought him the first best actor Oscar nomination in the original time and space. Chevy Chase, an old comedian, has also won a lot of praise for his funny farm.
However, these two new films are doomed to go down in the history of the film ”vulgar novel” in front of no fight back.
The golden palm of Cannes Film Festival.
Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Robert Redford, Madonna, Sean Penn and other celebrities joined the popularity.
Simon from ”Lola Run” began to accumulate a huge fan base.
High topic popularity brought by praise and controversy.
All these factors make vulgar novel the most popular movie this summer.
Obviously, in order to curb the momentum of vulgar novel, with the release of the film, some media simply stirred up the controversy over Simon's winning the Palme d'Or, and made no secret of suspecting that the Cannes Film Festival just passed might have the inside story of awards.
In the face of these doubts, Cannes officials have to respond publicly again.
Naturally, the media won't give up easily. Natasha Kinsky's borrowing of Simon's mansion soon became one of the most important inside evidence. Many newspapers are chasing this point and starting to fight fiercely.
Because this incident was related to the news, Natasha Kinski's rich Egyptian businessman husband also joined in and went to legane District of Cannes to take his wife home. It is obvious that Natasha Kinski, who is eccentric and stubborn, can not easily submit.
The two were originally separated. After they were rejected, the rich businessman in Egypt felt greatly humiliated and publicly announced that he would divorce Natasha Kinski.
As a result, things immediately became more lively.
Simon westero not only lures judges to manipulate awards, but also destroys other people's families. It's unbearable.
It's just that.