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Four days have passed, and this period is a carnival day for all media. All media practitioners in North America are about to love Wayne Greenberg, that dark madman!

As long as everything he has to do with him during this period is not lacking in topic. Whether it is his achievements in the movie or his face as a "social activist, philanthropist" and comes forward to appease and help the family members of the shooting, as long as this name appears in the newspaper, sales will definitely surge the next day.

Before the weekend of the new week, Warner Bros. invited dozens of authoritative media outlets from all over the world to hold a press conference on everything that happened during this period.

The main reason why so many media reporters flocked to this day is that Wayne, who has remained silent for this period, will appear at this press conference.

Now, whether it is the media or the public, there has been endless debate over whether the movie should pay for the innocent. But the strange question is here. No matter how fierce the outside world is, "The Joker"'s journey in the theater market has not stopped.

Starting Monday, the movie once again achieved a box office of US$2.74 million, which is more in line with public expectations. Influenced by public opinion, this decline is already very healthy.

Tuesday is the traditional discount day for theaters, with the film's box office slightly rising, earning $3.81 million, Wednesday 2.45 million, Thursday 2.41 million, and another $11.41 million in four days of working days.

By this time, all the media had no time to hype anything else. Three weeks later, the box office of "The Joker" actually exceeded 250 million US dollars at an unprecedented speed, reaching 258.61 million US dollars!

And this is not the end of this film. The film's screening scale has not yet been reduced. Obviously, theater companies will maintain the screening scale of "The Joker" until the end of this weekend.

This film's performance of ignoring market laws has completely disrupted everyone's perception of the box office trends in theaters.

Based on the current healthy decline, the box office of "The Joker" will definitely exceed $300 million. It is only a matter of time, not a question of whether it can be done.

The first thing every reporter who attended the press conference did after entering the conference room was to take a look at the director sitting in the middle of the table in front, and then silently merged into the weird silence in the conference room.

There was no noise, no chatting, only the silent sound of the photographer in the back row installing the equipment.

It was not until 9:00 a.m. that the conference room was filled with footsteps after the staff closed the door. The reporters in the front row began to squeeze forward at the same time.

The first person to be called Wayne's old friend, who had just been promoted to deputy editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times. The beautiful reporter was as angry as ever, and the first question he asked made his peers look sideways.

"Director Greenberg, what do you think of this shooting? Is it a kind of nature like the 'Reagan shooting', and was it a negative impact caused by the movie?"

This made everyone feel excited. The "Reagan shooting" happened in 1981, and about ten years passed. Back then, Hinckley, who was obsessed with actress Judy Foster in "Taxi Driver", wanted to win her attention.

Imitating the behavior of the protagonist Travis in the film, he shot US President Reagan near the Hilton Hotel in Washington, causing Reagan to be shot in the chest and injured several entourage officials.

Although the court finally found that Hinckley was seriously psychotic and the murder of the president was not valid and sentenced to only compulsory treatment, the idea that entertainment, pop culture, especially violence and sexuality in movies, would have a significant impact on teenagers.

Faced with the flashing flash, Wayne approached the microphone with a very solemn expression. "Imagine if there is no violence or erotic content in the movie, so clean that even the most conservative people cannot find out the problem, will the world become better because of this? No violence will occur anymore? The answer may not be known.

But in this impossible imagination, what we can be sure of is how false and empty the human spiritual world will become. All artists and audiences will degenerate into dementia children and pretend to be in a simple and perfect dream world. Isn’t the bankruptcy of Hays Code in North America telling the problem?”

"So you think this has nothing to do with the movie?" Bella Grant asked again.

"I think my meaning has been expressed very clearly. I don't think it has much to do with movies." After pausing and thinking for a while, Wayne continued to say to the microphone: "Movies, like other arts, are deformations of reality, reflecting.

There are indeed many movies that exaggerate or advocate violence, but at the same time, there are also more movies that allow the audience to understand the seriousness of the violence problem more deeply, make people wary of it, reflect on where violence comes from and where darkness is - this aspect is particularly obvious in "The Joker", so I advocate that the public can watch movies rationally. I believe you can feel more things worth cherishing from "The Joker"!"

The purpose of this press conference is to reverse public awareness through the media and promote the movies that are still being screened. Wayne must take the opportunity to add private goods, which is also the reason why both sides first name Bella Grant.

A reporter with the Washington Post hanging on his chest took Bella's microphone and asked: "As we all know, director Greenberg, the movies you have filmed since your debut are all full of dark styles and violence, death, twisted and struggling humanity, and crazy shouts. Do you think this will affect the young movie fans who like you?"

"Not at all!" As soon as the reporter finished speaking, Wayne gave a decisive answer. "In fact, it is precisely the movie that dedicated the most intense critical scene of the violence that is unprincipled and worthless, from the hint of the hunting gun aimed at the innocent wild deer in "Deer Hunter" to the horror that Coates murmured before his death in "Apocalypse Modern"! Horror!

I think "The Joker" also shows you these things, and some of them can even understand them. It tells us the minimum truth is that violence cannot solve any problem, it is just a last helpless method for the oppressed!"

At this point, Wayne wanted to express it clearly enough. He waved his hand to stop the reporter who wanted to continue asking questions, approached the microphone and prepared to make the final statement.

"I firmly believe that film is one of the greatest art forms in America and an important way to allow us to share stories through the screen and spend a good time. The cinema is like my home, yet it is a devastating blow to me that someone is carrying out such an intolerable act of barbaric violence in this pure and hopeful place."

After saying that, he stood up and bent down gently at the media reporter, looking at everyone with great openness.

The photographer was extremely loyal to recording this scene through the camera lens and various models of cameras. The reporters clapped their hands at the same time, giving Wayne warm applause.

Standing on the huge mountain that seemed to be able to open your shirt at any time, Bella Grant shouted: "Director Greenberg, the Los Angeles Times will publish the last statement to you without saying a word. It will appear in the special issue issued by the emergency additional issue at noon!"

This beautiful and pleasing journalist had reached a point in perfect understanding of human nature. Wayne smiled and nodded at her and walked out of the big conference room.

"Thank you, thank you!" The staff took Wayne's microphone and said to the media staff in the room: "Thank you again for attending the press conference. Warner Brothers have prepared some small gifts for you. Please don't forget to collect them before going out later."

This tacit understanding usually makes you understand what's going on. After receiving the "gift" prepared by Warner Brothers, don't write it with conjecture when you go back. It's best to publish Wayne's last statement without saying a word!

Of course, you can also accept things without doing anything, and still be independent, but basically, such journalists and media units will not get any latest news in the future, and the circle will squeeze your living space together.

Everyone is leaving the stage one after another. In fact, they still have a lot of questions about the box office of the movie that have not been answered, but compared to what Wayne said about the shooting today, these people have written a few articles.

After taking the small gift package handed over by the staff of Warner Bros. Bella Grant had no scruples and opened it in front of many colleagues. Everyone was a crow, so no one should laugh at the boss and the second brother!

The content in the small bag is very simple, but it makes everyone feel a little surprise. Bella is in her hand a shopping voucher from Macy's, worth two thousand dollars. She glanced at the photographer Bob, who came with her, and was also a quota of two thousand dollars.

"Warner Brothers are such a big deal!" Photographer Bob shook his shopping coupon and whistled. "Now, Dylan's football suit doesn't have to worry about me anymore. This kid has recently joined the school team."

"Bob!" Bella also shook the shopping coupon, and he handed it to his old partner. "Buy more pairs of shoes for Dylan. I heard that teenagers are particularly prone to broken shoes when playing basketball!"

After taking the shopping voucher from the female reporter, Bob was embarrassed. He would not ask how much Bella made a smart girl. The video of Wayne flying to save a black girl was edited by Bella and given to Warner Bros.

That is the ability and sense of smell of this woman. She has received the amount that she can satisfy, which is enough!

"Don't be embarrassed to spend it, Bob." She told her honest partner before getting in the car. "Today's interview is like that video. Who knows how much box office revenue will be brought to the movies of Warner Bros. and Wayne Greenberg!"

After saying that, he drove into the car and rushed back to the report agency. The editor-in-chief was still waiting for her manuscript. What she hesitated was another thing. Wayne Greenberg, the playboy, invited her to go to her house for Chinese food next Monday to thank her for providing the clear video!

"Should you agree?"

Everyone is adult, and some invitations are what it means!