Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 252: Split reputation, incredible box office

Chen Nuo felt that Qi Yuntian was like a fish in water in America.

Whether in New York or Los Angeles, or even in Rhode Island, he should be able to make friends quickly, or even find one or two like-minded people.

Every time he comes here, Chen Nuo only needs to take care of himself and never has to worry about him having nothing to do.

At the party last night, Chris Qi, who was holding a glass of red wine, looking for people to talk to in a graceful manner, was truly a gentleman like jade. Even though he was actually scheming around and looking for news or opportunities in the film industry, he seemed polite and knew how to act.

The occasional effeminacy may seem awkward in China.

But here, in a Democratic stronghold like New York, it’s simply the finishing touch!

In this regard, Chen Nuo feels inferior.

Therefore, Chen Nuo really didn't expect that Qi Yuntian actually had a good impression of Ivanka's Republican father.

According to him, this person is bad, but not that bad.

It is lustful, but which man is not lustful?

Apart from his love of showmanship and pompous speech, from what he had heard, his reputation was considered acceptable in New York's upper class society.

"So," Qi Yuntian said with a smile, "Brother Nuo, if you want to find a long-term bed partner in the United States, it's not impossible to consider his girl.

I think that girl looks like a good wife and mother. Really, I think she is definitely more suitable for you than Lori Eisner.

And for Americans, having sex on a date is no big deal.

If, just if, Brother Nuo really makes the fake play come true, Brother Nuo, you fall in love with this capable and virtuous American girl, and the couple finally have a mixed-race baby, it would be quite cute. "

Chen Nuo listened to Qi Yuntian's nonsense and only responded with two words: "Haha."

He didn't take it seriously at first, but then he changed his mind and thought, if she really had a Chinese husband, and the handsome blond guy had a Chinese son-in-law of his own, it would be unlikely for him to want to move into the white house, right?

If he didn't go in, many things would be hard to say.

In that case, should he feed the tiger with his own body, or just endure the grievance of these two hundred pounds and sell himself for the country?

Or should we just turn back and do a Jing Ke assassination of the King of Qin! ?
Chen Nuo's face was gloomy, but suddenly Qi Yuntian's words immediately brought him out of his wild thoughts.

"The results of your Top Ten Outstanding Young People are out. You were not selected this time."

what?
Chen Nuo woke up.

He rubbed his nose and sighed, "Okay."

Although it was expected, Chen Nuo still felt a little disappointed.

But Chen Nuo thought again,

If he had just slept with that woman,

If he is successfully elected as one of the top ten outstanding young people in 2008...

It is indeed a bit confusing as to what aspect of his outstanding contribution he is being recognized for?
Forget it, if he doesn’t get it, then he doesn’t get it. He still has six years anyway.

If the Best Supporting Actor Oscar isn't good enough, then just get the Best Actor Oscar.

But although it is easy to say, Chen Nuo also knows that there is only one letter difference between the leading actor and the supporting actor, but the difficulty and challenge are incomparable.

Even the difficulty of winning the Best Actor trophy is different from that of winning the Best Actress trophy.

This world is ultimately a patriarchal world.

Giving a Best Actress trophy to a Malaysian woman is completely different from giving a Best Actor trophy to a Chinese man.

If it had happened after 2016 in his previous life, he might not even have had the slightest chance.

If he wants to achieve this within 6 years, that is, before 2014, he needs not only the success of the movie, but also more popular recognition so that he can compete fairly with others in the future.

Otherwise, when he competes for awards with those top players, if he is still dancing in shackles, the result will be death.

Qi Yuntian didn't know that Chen Nuo had so much on his mind. After he finished talking about one thing, he moved on to the next.

"Summit Entertainment has decided to restart the roadshow and promotion. Rob Friedman and his team will not allow you to participate, so this will not delay our trip to the Golden Horse Awards."

"That Jewish profiteer called me to tell me about this, probably because he was afraid that we might misunderstand him."

Chen Nuo couldn't help but ask: "He just called me, why didn't he tell me directly?"

Qi Yuntian smiled and said, "What do you think? Obviously, Brother Nuo, you are so smart that even the Jews would have to stay away from you."

"What he meant was that, as the core reason for Twilight's huge sales, he didn't ask you to participate in the roadshow because he couldn't bear to make you work so hard, and he also wanted you to maintain a little mystery."

"Of course, the former is bullshit, and the latter is real."

"Rob and his team are ready to announce the sequel plan this weekend. Because the voices of those little girls on the Internet are too high, he must be thinking about the sequel and wanting to maintain your mysterious and cold image of a vampire. After all, a vampire who is interviewed and laughing on TV every day always makes people feel a little weird, doesn't it?"

"From this point of view, they really want to turn the Twilight series into a money-printing machine."

Chen Nuo laughed, "Do you think it's possible to trick him into signing the fourth part with us?"

Qi Yuntian also laughed, "Unless he is like you, not being a boss, but a philanthropist instead."

The two of them laughed together for a while.

Qi Yuntian suddenly said with emotion: "To be honest, this time it's really... all thanks to you, Brother Nuo."

"If the first film really sells for 800 million, I might even get more than million after tax, in US dollars!"

"I thought about this last night and didn't sleep well. I thought about how to spend the money. In the end, I just thought that the housing prices in Beijing are quite cheap now. When I get the dividends, I will build a small house with a garden. My mother said she will retire in two years and plan to practice piano. We can't afford the house we have now. We must move to a bigger house."

Chen Nuo smiled when he saw that Xiao Qi had bought a house at this time. It seemed that after being with him for a long time, he had become very wealthy.

He agreed, "That's right. Don't listen to those people on the Internet who say that housing prices will drop to 2000 yuan. We buy houses to live in anyway, so we don't mind spending this little money."

"How about this, let's do this before the New Year and buy it together. Then we can be neighbors. Oh, and I'll take care of Teacher Li's piano. Don't argue with me."

Qi Yuntian chuckled and said, "You have to talk to her about this yourself. I dare not make the decision for her."

Qi Yuntian obviously hadn't finished expressing his emotions yet, and he continued with emotion: "When I called you and offered to be your agent, I never thought that a loser like me would actually be able to buy a villa in Beijing one day."

"My mother asked me to work for an entertainment company, but the boss said that I would never make it in China, so I quit. I went home and stayed in bed for two months. To be honest, I thought about dying more than once."

"As a result... now, he called me a while ago and said he wanted me to go out for a get-together. I said sorry, I need to ask my secretary about the schedule first."

Seeing Qi Yuntian's complex expression and rare true feelings, Chen Nuo knew that he was actually having a hard time in many aspects in China. But he didn't say much, just patted Qi Yuntian on the shoulder.

Qi Yuntian recovered quickly, looked at the small notebook that recorded the work content, and continued: "Okay, let's get back to work. I got in touch with the black girl you asked me to contact. Well, she agreed before I could finish my words on the phone."

Chen Nuo laughed and said, "So easy?"

"A $10 annual salary, living and eating with us, and guaranteed business class travel, if I were her, I would not even consider it for a second.

I have already bought her a plane ticket to New York and asked her to prepare in the next few days. When we go to Taipei in a few days, we can just take her with us. "

Things went smoothly and Chen Nuo felt a little better.

Ask Qi Yuntian to contact Michelle. On the one hand, Michelle is really good at manipulating his face.

On the other hand, with his current status, he should have his own makeup artist.
Otherwise, you will be treated by strangers wherever you go, which is really uncomfortable.

Like now.

Qi Yuntian took him to a photo studio in New York to take a group of photos for his endorsement company Winston Jewelry, which would be used for the year-end brochure.

That is, before attending various luxury brand shows at the end of the year, the top Hollywood actresses

However, when Chen Nuo was sitting in the dressing room putting on makeup, the sexy makeup artist in her 30s with a strong fragrance deliberately stuck out her chest and swayed in front of him.

Chen Nuo looked at his nose and his heart, and was speechless.

He sighed for himself in his heart, feeling that it was really not easy to remain a virgin in the entertainment industry.

It would be better to let Michelle, the little black girl, take up the post as soon as possible so that we can save ourselves the trouble.

Chen Nuo left the United States on December 12 and went to Taipei to prepare for the Golden Horse Awards.

He did not wait in New York until the second weekend after Twilight was released. He just heard about Twilight's first week box office on a call from the CEO of Summit Entertainment before boarding the plane.

Rob Friedman told him on the phone in an almost crazy excited tone: "1.8 million!!!"

"Holy shit! Chen, we are going to get rich this time. We are going to get very rich! Next year, no, every year from now on, we must make a Twilight movie! We are going to make a lot of money, so much money that we can't spend in our lifetime!"

"FUCK, FUCK those movie critics, fuck every asshole of them! These are just barking losers!"

"1.8 million, haha, I really want to see their faces after knowing this number. Besides, it's almost the second weekend, I have a feeling, Chen, this weekend, you will give us a bigger surprise."

"Okay, I won't delay your flight. I sincerely wish you the best, Chen. I hope you can win more awards at that award ceremony. By the way, what were you nominated for? Best Actor?"

"Okay, award presenter...what the hell is that horse? Forget it, I'm going to say it again, those damn film critics, every one of them should go to hell after they die!"

"Finally, Chen, I have to tell you."

"I love that photo and caption of yours on Facebook. Seriously, to hell with Roger Ebert, you're a genius and he's dying!"

Although Rob, the Jewish guy's sarcastic and vicious curses can be regarded as personal attacks or even curses,
However, Chen Nuo could also understand.

After all, they are Jews, so it's normal for them to have a strong sense of revenge, right?

Moreover, in Chen Nuo's opinion, during these four days, the North American film critics were really crazy.

In other words, it is a stress response caused by a sense of self-crisis.

Perhaps if the movies they consider to be bad sell well at the box office, their authority will be damaged, and it will be difficult for them to charge high prices if they want to make money by being a water army in the future.

After the box office results for the first weekend were released, Twilight shocked the entire North American film industry.

Whether online or offline.

Whether it is the major online film critics on the blog, or the major national newspapers such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Guardian,

Whether it's local media like The New Yorker and Chicago Sun-Times, or entertainment magazines like Variety, Empire Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and Film Review.

Film critics of all sizes have been criticizing the terrible movie "Twilight" through these different media.

"This is a completely stupid movie. You have to have a 13-year-old brain while watching it. For every year older you're older, you'll leave ten minutes earlier." - 1/4, Michael Rosenberg, Chicago Sun-Times.

"Shallow, shallow, and not the slightest bit interesting. The film is ruined by poor directing and poor acting." - D+, Philip Jordan, The New York Times

"You don't have to go into the cinema to watch it, just look at the poster and you'll know what kind of movie it is. Yes, it's one of those handsome men and beautiful women popcorn movies. After watching it, you'll feel like you've just watched an absurd and childish fairy tale." - 2/4, Vincent Powell, The Guardian
"Chen's performance in Twilight is a nightmare. I can't believe that the vampire with white powder is played by the same actor as the JOKER with white powder. What causes such a big difference between an actor before and after?" 1/4, Keith Stewart, Entertainment Weekly;
"I can't understand why No Chen would star in such a movie and why he gave such a perfunctory performance in it. I can only think that he is destroying his career. Girls, keep your wallets and listen to your parents' opinions before you step into the cinema." - C+, Jack Cruise, "Variety".

The score on IMDB250 has been declining since its initial score of 5.9.

Even though Chen Nuo was fully prepared, when he saw the score of 12 on December 4, he still couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

He was like this, so we can imagine how Rob Friedman and others felt at that time.

The fierce criticism in the media and the pitiful ratings on various websites seem to indicate one thing: "Twilight" is about to experience a cliff-like box office plunge.

That's how it should be, or rather, it should be like this for any movie.

After all, with so many negative reviews, any reasonable adult should think twice before going to the cinema whether this is a rational consumption behavior, right?
However, the trend of "Twilight" was not affected at all.

In fact, it gets better and better.

Monday, more than 1100 million. Tuesday, more than 1210 million. Wednesday, 1250 million. Thursday, 1380 million…

The box office results from 3719 theaters across the United States were not particularly outstanding, but it still firmly occupied the top spot in the box office results of the day.

And, the key is this trend?

Not only did it not fall, but it went up against the trend every day! ?
It almost made all the film critics and film company bosses think that they had smoked too much leaves and were hallucinating.

It seems that no matter how the media belittles and ridicules this movie, the Twilight audience cannot see or hear it.

It's like they're all fucking deaf and blind.

They just covered their ears, closed their eyes, and regardless of the consequences, Twilight grossed over 1.8 million in its first week.

Even their voices can be heard in everyone's ears.

They said in a tone that would make every parent furious: "Humph, this is my business, why do you care?"

It made those middle-aged and elderly film critics so angry that they wanted to vomit blood.

However, that's it.

By the end of the first week, the box office of "Twilight" had surpassed the 1.7 million "Quantum of Solace" and ranked sixth in the 007 North American box office rankings.

Moreover, the fifth place "Kung Fu Panda" with 2.1 million, the fourth place "Wall-E" with 2.21 million, and the third place "Hancock" with 2.23 million are almost destined to be defeated by it this weekend.

The only ones that will ultimately rank ahead of it will be "Indiana Jones" with 3.17 million and "Iron Man" with 3.18 million.

The Twilight Saga's almost incredible box office performance this week was called the "Miracle Seven Days" by almost every box office analysis expert.

Judging from the trend chart, even the Dark Knight has never created the terrifying situation of four consecutive days with the stock price increasing instead of falling.

HBO box office analyst Rafi Clausen was asked by the host on the show about the split reputation and the incredible box office performance.

This man, who was almost scared crazy by the box office of The Dark Knight, once again smiled bitterly and said:

"We all know that no matter how good a salesman is, he can't sell a comb to a bald head. Similarly, no matter how loud the voice is, it can't wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep."

"Twilight, without a doubt, is a bad movie."

“What the critics say is true.”

"Its plot is so empty and boring, the love it shows is so childish and ridiculous, and the performances presented by the actors, including Chen, are without any depth. They are just using superficial acting skills to perfunctorily appease the public."

"But, so what?"

"If you can't get your kids to go to bed at 9pm, or keep your daughters from dating before they turn 18, then you can't stop them from going to the cinema and seeing the hot guys and hot girls they want to see, right?"

"Do we expect them to read the reviews of Twilight in the New York Times or Variety magazine before they go to the cinema?"

"You might as well hope that they would pay attention to how many ex-girlfriends the football captain has before they become obsessed with him."

"We all know that our girls won't care at all."

"The only thing they care about is not the chatter of old men who can be their grandfathers in the newspapers, nor the comments of film critics on their preferences."

"They only care about what their friends think of them, what their schoolmates think of them, and what the coolest and most handsome friends like and hate."

"so,"

Rafe Clausen stroked his bald head, looked into the studio camera and said, "Go check Facebook if you can't figure out why Twilight is so successful."

"Look at Chen, the newly minted Facebook brand ambassador. That weird, neurotic photo he posted on his Facebook homepage has received so many likes and comments."

"Maybe after that, everyone will understand why Twilight is so successful."

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