Chapter 792 792. Sharing the same bed but having different dreams

Chapter 792 792. Sharing the same bed but having different dreams

"According to our report, the much-anticipated Christmas box office war lost its suspense at the very beginning. "Assassins League", a work from China and adapted from the American DC Comics, suddenly emerged and won the single-day box office championship for two consecutive days. , surpassing "The Return of Youth" starring Brad Pitt, and the box office gap between the two is getting wider and wider. Next, please take a look at the comparison of the box office data of the two sides in the last two days..."

"FUCK!" As a man roared, the beautiful host on the TV suddenly flashed and then disappeared from the screen.

"Pete, you have to learn to control your temper." A strong woman's voice sounded. Peter turned around and saw his wife Julie walking in with a fruit plate.

Pitt tried to defend: "Julie, I'm not angry for no reason, but you look at what is said on TV. Every time you mention that movie, you have to compare it with my work. I have become that A stepping stone to the movie.”

When Peter said these words, his eyes were a little red. In just two days, he had seen the news of himself being compared in several newspapers and magazines, as well as in TV reports, and Those people spoke very unpleasantly, as if their works were not as good as the others at the box office, as if they had committed a huge crime.

Looking at Pitt's somewhat ferocious face, Jolie frowned, suppressed the impatience in her heart, and comforted her: "Pete, you have to learn to be more mature. You have been in the entertainment industry for twenty years. You You are already forty-five years old, can you still not see through the reality of this circle? "

"Since you are the leading actor, you naturally have to bear the responsibility of box office."

"I'm not shirking my responsibility, but I don't even know where I lost? Do you know, it was just a Chinese movie, and I actually lost to a movie starring a Chinese." Pete replied with a wry smile.

"Pete, put away your prejudice." Jolie's voice suddenly became serious. She looked at Pitt seriously and said, "We Americans are not the only ones who can make good movies. There are many talented people in this industry. , such as Chinese, Japanese, Indians, French, British...Hollywood has never only belonged to Americans. If you still can't see this clearly, then you are not unfair at all. "

"And after hearing what you said, I became very interested in this movie." After Julie said this, she got up and returned to her bedroom to take care of her children.

Of course, it was more that she didn't want to face Pete, whose irritability seriously affected her mood.

Pitt, who was sitting on the sofa, felt even worse because of Jolie's last words. At this moment, he really felt like the entire entertainment industry was targeting him.

However, in fact, the entire entertainment industry is indeed targeting him at this moment.

Who makes him a big star, the most newsworthy, and the most important thing is that he was suppressed at the box office by a movie from China, which made the news even more topical.

The audience also likes to watch this kind of drama, so newspapers, magazines, TV stations and even film critics are busy stepping on him to gain attention at this moment.

In the next two days, the box office of "League of Assassins" also began to decline. Fortunately, the decline was not significant. In the two days combined, the revenue of "League of Assassins" was US$23 million. However, this figure still firmly suppressed "Return to Youth" , the other party’s box office revenue was less than 15 million in two days.

Peter's mood became even worse when the media unanimously believed that he had been completely defeated.

The only thing he is gratified about is that on IMDB, the rating of "League of Assassins" has dropped to 7.7, while "Return to Youth" maintains a high score of 8.35, with a very good reputation.

And such a good reputation made Pitt feel more and more unhappy. His movie is obviously better. Are the media blind?

After several days of intentional or unintentional cynicism from the media, Pitt asked his agent to contact a talk show, ready to speak out for his movie, at least to let the audience understand that supporting better movies is the right thing to do.

The program was recorded in the early morning of the sixth day after the movie was released. Pitt had just received the box office results on the fifth day before going on stage. The single-day box office of "Return to Youth" only received 4.72 million. This achievement made it consecutive The second position was not retained, but "League of Assassins" received a box office of 10.37 million, continuing to sit on the top of the single-day box office.

And looking at this situation, there is basically no suspense about the box office champion that week, and it will definitely be won by "Assassin's League".

Thinking of this, Pete felt a little angry and aggrieved. Obviously his movie has better reviews on film review websites and can even be ranked in the TOP 250 best movies, but the audience is unwilling to go into the cinema to watch his movie. Instead, why not watch a movie that has no connotation at all and is a bad movie starring a group of Chinese people?

With the anger that he had suppressed for several days, and with the deliberate guidance of the host, when the program was mediocre, he finally couldn't help it and started to criticize "The League of Assassins".

"I really don't understand what the audience thinks. The rating of "League of Assassins" on IMDB is only 7.6 points. Compared with the rating of "Return to Youth", it still remains at 8.2 points. Audiences who are familiar with the IMDB rating mechanism should understand. This difference in ratings means that the production standards of the two movies are completely different!”

"Do you think that "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is actually much better than "The Assassin's Creed"? "The host asked at the right time.

"I think you can use positive words to describe it here. Not only me, but also many colleagues in the industry think that "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is better."

"Pitt, I think some people must think you are bragging now. After all, your "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was completely defeated by that Chinese movie at the box office. From this point of view, does it mean that the audience likes that Chinese movie more?" The host joked. He just wanted to make a joke, but he didn't expect to hurt Pete's heart.

"No, I don't think you are right at all." Pete replied with a very serious expression: "A good movie does not need box office to determine success or failure. People will only remember the classic moments of the movie, but rarely remember the box office data of a movie."

"But the audience and the media are often most interested in the box office of a movie." The host expressed a different opinion.

"No, that is absolutely one-sided." Pete shook his hand and subconsciously raised his voice to deny the host's point of view.

"I admit this. There are indeed many movies in the history of movies that did not perform well at the box office, such as The Shawshank Redemption." The host did not provoke Pitt, and also helped him find a way out.

But when Pitt heard this, he finally couldn't help but complain.

"I think the audience should understand what kind of movie is meaningful to them, instead of pursuing the so-called big scenes one-sidedly. We should not be confused by those sports cars, guns or amazing special effects. I hope that the audience can learn something after watching the movie, instead of just pursuing excitement. Doing so is just a waste of time and doing meaningless things."

Pitt focused on complaining, his eyes were always on the host, who made him deeply touched by the host's words just now, but he didn't notice that his agent was waving anxiously in the audience, signaling him not to continue.

When Pitt finally found the agent in the audience, the other party was already ashen, because Pitt had said everything he could and couldn't say.

After the show, the two returned to the lounge. As soon as they entered the room, the agent immediately closed the door and locked it.

"What are you doing?" Pete saw the agent's little action and couldn't help asking.

"Pete, what did you say in the interview just now!?" The agent ignored Pete's question and asked Pete angrily: "You shouldn't have said the last words of the show."

"Why can't I say it, or, what did I say wrong?" Pete was stunned by the question, and when he came to his senses, he was full of anger.

These days, he felt that he had suffered enough grievances, so what's wrong with him speaking for himself?

"Maybe what you said makes some sense..."

"Not some, but it makes sense. The reason is to stand on my side, even God should stand on my side."

"Okay, you have a point." The agent frowned, not wanting to argue with the angry Pete, so useless, he wanted to remind his own artists of the problems they might face.

"Even if you have a point, you should never complain about the audience. You don't need to tell them how to choose a movie. The more you say that, the more the audience will hate you. It won't help the box office of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" at all."

"Is there something wrong with your brain? I just told those people how to choose a good movie. I didn't point a gun at them and ask them to watch a certain movie."

"Pete, I think what you need most now is calmness." The agent sighed helplessly, feeling that he really couldn't communicate with Pete at this time, and he didn't have time to quarrel with Pete here.

After all, Pete's words just now are likely to have a bad impact, so he has to find the program team now and see them edit this part with his own eyes, so that he can rest assured. After all, Pete, who is already at the center of the storm, is really not suitable for such controversial news.

Just as the agent walked out of the lounge with a disappointed look on his face, Pete could no longer hold back his anger, picked up a bottle of makeup remover in front of him, and threw it hard on the floor.

It seems that only in this way can one express how intense the anger in his heart is at this moment.

Half an hour later, the agent returned to Pitt's lounge and prepared to drive him home, but as soon as he entered the room, he saw broken glass shards and lotion all over the floor.

The agent was startled, then frowned and looked at Pitt who seemed to be resting on the sofa with his eyes closed, sighed helplessly, picked up the broken glass shards on the floor with his handkerchief, and then wiped the lotion with a paper towel, after all, these things obviously cannot be seen by outsiders.

You have to know that in a place like a TV station, any of your actions will not become a secret, especially for a big star like Pitt. If someone finds him breaking a bottle in the lounge today, it will definitely make the headlines of entertainment news tomorrow, and it will also be processed into a news that shocks the audience, and even newspapers and magazines will follow up as soon as possible.

"I have informed the TV program team, and they promised to edit your part out. As for the recent period, I think you should stay at home, don't read the comments online, and don't watch TV. You can play games or take care of your children. If you are willing to take the children out to relax, I can ask the media to take pictures for you and buy news. It is best to bring Julie with you, so that you can show your love to the public and your family affection."

"I know." After listening for a long time, Pitt finally answered.

Hearing Pitt's answer that couldn't be simpler, the agent was relieved, at least it meant that Pitt understood his intentions.

As a partner who has worked together for many years, he is very clear about the bad temper of his artist friend. His willingness to answer at least means that he has indeed seen his mistakes, but asking him to admit his mistakes is impossible for this proud partner, so at this time, his reluctance to agree to his words is actually a different kind of surrender.

"Okay, I'll contact STAR News when I get home today. We've worked with them many times and have a good reputation. If everything goes well, you'd better take the children out tomorrow morning. I'll take the magazine's people to follow you."

"Got it." Pitt curled up and answered again. The agent understood that this meant he had agreed.

The next day, Pitt appeared on the street with his children as promised. He bought ice cream and marshmallows for the children. Especially for his adopted sons, he was very doting and let them ride on his neck.

In the morning, Pitt took the children shopping. At noon, these photos appeared on social networks, which attracted many netizens' praise. They felt that Pitt was really a good father.

However, the only drawback was that Jolie did not appear with Pitt.

Looking at the good reviews online, Pitt felt that things were starting to develop in a good direction, but just when he was in a better mood, he suddenly saw a new hot search on the Internet, and his mood was suddenly overcast.

The content of this hot search is also closely related to him. Jolie, who refused to go shopping with him in the morning, actually went to the cinema, but she clearly told him that she had important work. Could it be that the important work was to go to the cinema?

What made Pitt even angrier than being forgiven was that Jolie went to the cinema, but according to media reports, his wife did not go to see his "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" but went to see "Assassins". What made him even more angry was that Jolie not only watched the movie, but also accepted an interview with a reporter.

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