Comeback 684 a battle post

Nicholas has been thinking about how to write the news about "life and death" this time, he chatted with Hugo alone for a while, but he did not get any useful information, if he was asked to write the news, it is probably a cliché, especially when the script has been written by the "New York Times", Nicholas feels that there is no other novelty. {Please search for Ha in Baidu, read the full text for the first time}

However, after reading these news, Nicholas suddenly had an idea, he felt that maybe this was a turning point, and it might be a good time to convert the media's habitual doubts into habitual praise, after all, he was no longer alone, in addition to the "American Weekly", which has always been dominated by gossip news, the addition of the three major newspapers, "The New York Times", "The Wall Street Journal", and "The Washington Post", would undoubtedly change the balance of power between Hugo and the media again - just pity those who were killedThe media that the "witch trials" have been struggling to suppress will not turn over.

After thinking about it, Nicholas began to type on the typewriter, "Ingenious selection of unusual masterpieces...... but looking at this title, he felt that it was not powerful enough, and the overall feeling was weaker, so he hesitated for a moment, then ripped off the paper, and then changed the paper, and after careful consideration, he knocked down such a title, "The birth of another $100 million?"

Looking at the title, Nicholas remembered Hugo's mocking smile, "You say, if I thought that the box office of 'Life and Death' would definitely be above 100 million US dollars, what would everyone think?" When Hugo said this, he was more joking, ridiculing the media's repeated distrust of him, and ridiculing the status quo that he was still not trusted for several contributions, but he did not complain, it was just a joke.

However, from Hugo's words, Nicholas heard Hugo's strong self-confidence, and his first reaction was that Hugo was crazy, but after careful consideration, Nicholas felt strangely that this was very likely to be true! So, why didn't he believe Hugo once and gamble?

"The trajectory of Hugo Lancaster, winner of the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor in 1992, no one could have predicted; The trajectory of Hugo and Lancaster, who fell into a series of negative presses after losing the double Golden Globe nomination, in 1993 was also not predicted; So, can anyone predict the trajectory of Hugo Lancaster, who made it to the Oscar finals for the first time in a row after a double Golden Globe nomination for the second time in a row?

Nicholas looked at his opening sentence and couldn't help but feel excited, and his mind suddenly flowed with thoughts.

"No one is optimistic about the prospect of 'Smell a Woman', everyone thinks it will be a disaster, but as a result, the film won 80 million US dollars at the box office, sending Al Yi Pacino to the Oscar throne;

No one was optimistic about the release of 'Sleepless in Seattle', everyone thought it would be a boring chick movie again, but the movie amazed the audience with a record-breaking $189 million and gave people a new taste of love; no one was optimistic about the production of "Schindler's List", everyone thought that the subject matter was too heavy and would lead to a total loss, but the result was a $205 million box office and the best work of the year.

No one is optimistic about the future of Hugo, everyone thinks that this is another stupid choice for Hugo, and no one is optimistic about the future of life and death, everyone thinks that Hugo's choice is inexplicable and unpredictable......

Why is this the case? Why is it customary to question Lancaster's choice of new works?

Because of the Golden Raspberry Award? Because of the three consecutive defeats of 'Deadly Hour', 'Detective', and 'Hudson's Eagle'? Because Lancaster turned down a $10 million pay? Or is it because of ...... They couldn't believe Lancaster's eyes.

When Lancaster amazes every film critic with his superb acting skills again and again, when Lancaster pushes the film to an excellent position again and again to usher in praise, when Lancaster proves again and again with its own excellent strength that all doubts are unnecessary, why does no one see this? This is perhaps the most important question for people to think about.

Since 'Yihai Xiongfeng' became the first work in Lancaster's career to break the North American box office of 100 million, he has achieved this result in three consecutive works, and 'Schindler's List' has further crossed the threshold of 200 million, which is undoubtedly a huge success, even Tom Cruise has not achieved such an achievement after relying on 'Top Gun' to become a national idol, so now, can Lancaster further create a zào miracle?

Quentin Tarantino is full of uncertain 'vulgarity', can this time's typical action movie 'Life and Death' continue the Lancaster myth and once again push the film's North American box office to the $100 million million? Nicholas looked at the article he had typed, and couldn't help but show a wry smile, in fact, he looked at the number of "100 million US dollars", and his heart was also a little weak, the congenital deficiency of "speed of life and death" to have a box office of over 100 million, really can only rely on Hugo's box office appeal, which is too difficult, and people can't help but feel weak.

However, Nicholas took a deep breath and strengthened his convictions, he felt that this press release was enough to express all his thoughts clearly, and he also believed that the most violent response to this report by his media colleagues was perhaps the unfolding of the second wave of "life and death" propaganda.

In the press release, Nicholas did not point out that the goal of "$100 million" was said by Hugo, because Nicholas knew that Hugo had never been that aggressive personality, and he would say this in the conversation at the beginning, on the one hand, it was trust in himself, and on the other hand, there was some ridicule in it.

Now, Nicholas's manuscript is a war post to all the media who have questioned it, and almost directly says "Let's bet, 'can the box office at the speed of life and death break 100 million......", so Nicholas felt that there was no need to involve Hugo, but put forward this idea from his standpoint.

Sure enough, as Nicholas expected, the "Los Angeles Times" report immediately set off a storm after it came out, which also made the editor-in-chief of the "Los Angeles Times" smile, although their news coverage speed is one step slower than other media, but the effect of creating topics is several times that of others, which is definitely a good deal.

In an instant, "can the North American box office exceed 100 million ...... at the speed of life and death" has become the hottest topic in the past week, according to incomplete statistics, a total of 19 media participated in the discussion of this topic, although "variety", "Hollywood reporter" such professional media did not participate, most of the people who entered the topic discussion were daily and weekly media, but still pushed the topic to a height.

The New York Post, a total of 15 media outlets, which believes that the box office of "life and death" will never exceed $100 million, is almost overwhelming, and it can be seen from here that the overall trend of the media's views on Hugo is still in the stage of habitual questioning.

According to the New York Post, "It's an impossible task for an action movie with an investment of only $28 million to be a work of the 'Terminator' level." Perhaps, this will be another 'Hudson Eagle' injury, and the Golden Raspberry Award is already in sight. ”

The Los Angeles Times, supported by the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the US Weekly, was not involved in the discussion of the topic.

The "Wall Street Journal" comment is very representative, "Hugo and Lancaster have reached the height of box office superstars, and his ability to pull the box office is not inferior to today's top actors. ”

According to an inaccurate survey, a sample of 438 street people from Los Angeles, New York and Chicago were interviewed, and 58 percent of the people believed that the box office would not exceed 100 million. The remaining 42 percent of the masses believe that the box office can exceed 100 million.

It can be seen from this that the masses are generally still influenced by the negative views of the news media, and are not optimistic about the prospects of "life and death."

However, it is worth mentioning that among the 438 people interviewed, more than 86 percent believed that they were very interested in the "speed of life and death", and only 14 percent had no idea at all. Of the 86 percent of the public, more than half will go directly to the cinema to watch, and the rest will watch the media commentary and the opinions of friends before deciding whether to enter the cinema.

There is no doubt that this battle post of the "Los Angeles Times" has definitely detonated everyone's attention to the "speed of life and death". Under such circumstances, "The Speed of Life and Death", a work without any focus, became one of the most watched works of the year when it was launched in early February.

So, what kind of response will Hugo make in the face of the media's provocation this time? $100 million at the box office, broken, or not?