The Goddess Shines on America

The farce ended in an instant. As a passerby, Alice walked across the track and field without any psychological pressure. No matter how much the sore boy cried for his father and mother, Ashley walked to the gate while she was still surprised.

During the routine club activities in the afternoon, in the club building shared by Johnson Middle School and Lincoln High School, where the original literature club classroom is now the resident of the SOS group, Alice described her achievements during the winter vacation to her friends.

"The whole city is selling like crazy!"

"Look at the photos I took. These are the clothes of the people in mainland China. It looks like London in the 19th century. How could they resist the temptation of bell-bottom pants?"

Indeed, Ashley and Sissy can fully understand Alice's description and look at the photos in their hands. Most of the brick and tile buildings with less than ten floors in the bustling commercial street are crowded with people, but when you look around, the uniforms that are all either sea blue, cement gray, or seagrass green are all tempting. ah.

"I finally understand why you value the mainland market so much."

Ashley rubbed her nose and said, "Looking at the current situation, if any company throws some clothes over there, it's a big rush like a disaster relief distribution. And you still have the box office of that movie as support, The most important problem when growing a business is solved in one fell swoop.”

"But that's all."

Sissy sat on a chair, flipped through today's "Los Angeles Times" and said: "From last year's Christmas file to March now, "Ghost Story" has been released for five full months, even if you have watched it all over Hollywood Film history, how many films can have such a long schedule? When it finishes running this month, your cash flow will be greatly reduced."

For five full months, it can be said that "Ghost Story" has really become the most popular movie of the year in the entire United States, and the movie with the highest box office total. After initially attracting the attention of movie fans with news and public opinion, more and more people began to discover that this movie is also full of gold.

Whether it is the slightly funny style at the beginning, or the horrifying plot after the drama is staged, it has firmly turned batch after batch of audiences into repeat customers. This movie has been able to last for five months in major theaters across the country, and it is definitely not unrelated to the repeated support from the fans.

Including the "Los Angeles Times", "New York Times" and even the "Sun" in the UK overseas, the entertainment pages of many paper media have launched overwhelming film and television reviews on this film. It just so happened that Alice stayed in the mainland during this time, and apart from paving the way for new careers with daily box office dividends, she really didn't care much about these things.

"Anyway, the name of DreamWorks has been established. If there is still a shortage of funds, then make a movie to earn money."

Said with a relaxed expression, Alice conveniently took today's Los Angeles Times from Sissy, and looked at the film critics of "Ghost Story" on the entertainment page.

"Twelve Nights of Psycho".

This is an article written by a well-known film critic. Although Alice still doesn't know much about the industry, seeing how his article occupies such a large space on the page, she must be someone.

"Since almost all horror films will cause heated discussions about 'horror is not horror', so at the beginning of this article, I first need to explain that since there are no scary images from the beginning to the end of the run, people who expect to see hideous faces The audience will be disappointed."

"First of all, I would like to praise the film studio of DreamWorks. The publicity strategy of "Ghost Story" is very clever. First of all, with the murder of a high school student last year, it quickly made a name for itself without breaking the law. The lawsuit also ended in a farce-like victory, and easily won more attention. Furthermore, it used word of mouth, viral publicity methods, and perfectly matched the effect that the movie wanted to create, relying on continuous expansion The "horror" word-of-mouth has caused more and more horror movie lovers or curious audiences to line up at the entrance of the cinema. Although I don't know how much the manufacturer has spent on publicity, compared with today's box office revenue, Absolutely the highest rate of return in the world."

Seeing the content of the opening chapter, Alice wanted to laugh. This film critic is really a bit of a maverick. Instead of analyzing the plot of the film first, he praised DreamWorks' promotional strategy from an outsider's perspective, which is rare. Of course, the word-of-mouth propaganda strategy he mentioned has nothing to do with Alice. It is obviously the official propaganda method of DreamWorks, but his actions have laid a more solid foundation.

"While surprisingly, many viewers were amused by the style of the film's opening, which made it seem like a comedy, but overall, this is a film with very clear horror sequences. The film shows The 12 nights in which supernatural phenomena appeared were the places where the horror elements were most concentrated."

"Although what happened on the first night was short and completely worthless compared to what happened later, it was enough to make people hug the pillow tightly, and this is the 9th minute of the movie, no more foreshadowing is needed, The power of 'authenticity' has begun to show."

"At 22 minutes into the movie, when the camera was on the hero and heroine's bed and bedroom door again, and then the 'Third Night' subtitle came on, the audience knew 'it's about to start', and the nerves started to tighten. Almost all of these horror passages This is how to 'warn' the audience in advance: Scary tricks are about to be used."

"Actually, for a horror film, this kind of official announcement has a sense of spoiler, which is a very layman's method. But the ingenuity of this film is that in the face of 'realism', the mystery itself is It's useless, especially when the protagonist is still watching the replay in the heavenly place."

"So, as the slogan on the poster of this film says, it tells such a story: What-Happens-When-You-Sleep. It can be said that at least after watching this movie, I will never Wanting to have a video camera in my bedroom while I'm sleeping is horrible!"

"At the 42nd minute of the film, the fifteenth night can be considered a climax. In fact, I have always found sleepwalking to be a very creepy thing, especially for people who watch other people sleepwalk. Just think, Suppose you wake up in the middle of the night and suddenly see a person standing in front of you... So, on the 15th night, the heroine sleepwalks, the TV in the bedroom is turned on, she suddenly appears behind the hero, and just 'watches' two When I was young, as an audience, I was really terrified..."

In such a film review, the author analyzed the horrors of every night of the film in detail, and even Alice felt her eyes widened after watching it.

"Tsk tsk, things like film reviews really echo that old saying."

She shook the newspaper, dumbfounded, and said: "The audience is smarter than the director, and the audience thinks more than the director. Although his analysis... I did think so when I was filming, but after all, they are all emotional things. After being analyzed in such an orderly manner by him..."

"Suddenly feel that you are so powerful, don't you?"

Sissy sneered, and snatched the newspaper back: "Isn't that what it means to be so long-winded? Well, busy people, I'll tell you another news now. , now many people want to interview you, a genius director who works as a part-time screenwriter!"

Alice rubbed her nose. Regarding this kind of expected fame, she said after a moment of silence: "Well, before the stocks of Microsoft and Cisco rose, there really wasn't as much money from making movies."

"However, there are many celebrities, Alice. I don't recommend you to take the path of the literary circle, unless you are interested in being a celebrity."

At this time, a mature and calm voice sounded, and Maiya, who had been reading a book silently, interjected, "It's okay to be a director once in a while, but if you're an actor, the overall sacrifice is too big. Filming itself is very hard, and as a star, Exposing your private life is itself part of the job, and I really don't recommend you go there."

Alice smiled softly, came to Maiya, and combed her hair slowly: "Don't worry, I never planned to be an actor. It seems that you know it too. Don't say anything else, let's take a picture." Movies usually take several months, how can I have that kind of skill."

Watching from the side, seeing Alice combing Maiya's hair suddenly, Sissy felt annoyed for no reason, coughed hard and said: "Also, if you make a movie, you will have to have relationships with other actors every now and then. Interaction. Alice, you bastard, I warn you, if you dare to cuddle with other men casually, see if I don't kick you to death!"

Ashley's eyes swept across the two of them strangely, but she didn't say anything. As for Alice, she trembled after hearing Sissy's words, and said with a wry smile, "Don't worry, I told you what's going on with each of you, and I didn't say I want to be an actor."

"This is called taking precautions before they happen!"

"Anyway, I don't want this classroom to become a place for the paparazzi to secretly take pictures. Is that a good reason?"

This reason is certainly possible, Alice thought for a while, and thought so too. However, if the original head of SOS encountered this kind of attention, the whole universe would surely be delighted, right?