240. Chapter 240 Something went wrong
It has to be said that the United States felt a lot of disasters in October 2001. Just after 9/11, the anthrax attack was rampant. Many government departments received envelopes suspected of containing anthrax virus. Then the Midwest region suddenly encountered a blizzard at this time, and everyone stayed at home to keep warm and could not go anywhere. California started earthquakes again. Even if it was not as severe as in 1994, on the west coast where earthquakes were frequent, it was still an earthquake that needed attention.
All of these have affected people's lives. As one of the most popular public places, cinemas are naturally the first to bear the brunt of the brunt. Many movies that were released in October have delivered an ugly answer. For example, "Training Day" produced by Warner Bros. starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, only earned a box office of over 20 million after being released in nearly 3,000 theaters on October 5.
In this case, for all reasons, Columbia Pictures postponed the "Perfect Thieves", which was originally scheduled to be released on October 12. Of course, they will definitely not admit that the pressure given by "Training Day" is also one of the reasons. It is both plays of two men and the theme of crime. However, the pace of "Training Day" seems to be changed faster, and even in this case, it can still get a box office of over 20 million yuan, and the quality needs no further.
Of course, Colombia can launch "Perfect Thieves" as planned, but it can also postpone the attack for a while to win a better schedule. Now they have chosen the latter.
Sean basically guessed their ideas after discussing with Frederick, Vladimir and Sanders, so even if he was a little unwilling to accept them, he could only accept them helplessly.
But the postponement of "Sniper Telephone Booth" makes people feel depressed and even annoyed, because Fox's excuse is that this movie conflicts with a TV series they are currently focusing on! This is really hell, what conflict can a movie and a TV series have? But Fox gave evidence that even if it is not sufficient, they can't use this excuse.
The TV series produced by Fox is called "24 Hours", which is themed on counter-terrorism. One episode tells the story of what happened within an hour, so a season happens to be 24 episodes. "Sniper Telephone Booth" often takes 90 minutes, and it tells what happened in a telephone booth within 90 minutes. The so-called conflict is that it shows plots of about the same length of time in a fixed time.
It would be nothing if it was placed at other times, but because of 9/11, "24 Hours" was postponed to November because the theme was anti-terrorism, and the current theme in the United States was also anti-terrorism. So if you want to take advantage of this topic to hype the TV, in this case, movies with the same pattern will naturally not be allowed to appear first.
After all, the four major TV stations are currently at the bottom of FOX, so News Group naturally prioritizes the development of FOX. "Sniper Telephone Booth" invests less than 15 million yuan and has a strong style. It is okay to find a time to release it.
Sean could only smile bitterly. As an actor, if you want to maintain your popularity, you naturally have to keep your works released. I originally thought that three or four movies will be released next year, and that they will become one of the media's concerns, especially the one-man show in "Sniper Telephone Booth", which will definitely attract a lot of attention. Unexpectedly, it will be postponed, and two movies will be postponed at one time. It's so depressing.
Even so, Sean couldn't do anything. Although he is quite famous now and has his own production company, he has not yet influenced the senior management of these large studios.
Well, everything should be better. At least there are big productions like "Eleven Arhats", and the first song of "Lord of the Rings" will be released this year. I hope the two production teams will not cut their scenes. Besides, the big sales of "My Grand Greek Wedding" before this summer vacation also attracted him a lot of attention and got the title of a lucky boy. "Dance of Death Prisoner" was obviously for the Oscars. If he can get the nomination, he can also step on the Oscar red carpet again, so it is not bad after all.
In addition, his first single, titled "YouRaiseMeUp", is approaching its end in the recording. Basically, people who have heard it think it is good and should gain a certain amount of popularity after it is released.
To be honest, Sean has spent a long time on this single. If it were another experienced singer, it would be completed in at most two weeks. The melody is not very difficult. The key lies in singing style, how to highlight that rich feeling to achieve a shocking effect.
For him, this is not particularly difficult. Sean's voice is pretty good. He was rejected by the record company before because he had no characteristics. Besides, even if he didn't sing very well, he also had the killer of post-production. He could just adjust the effect directly. Of course, if you do that too much, adjust the incomplete tone into a song that is quite impressive, and then the singing scene will be a big problem.
Sean naturally disdained this. He still had some confidence in his singing skills, but it was his first time recording a song. In addition, he had to keep improving, so his efficiency slowed down.
"It doesn't matter, it's enough to be released within this year. Anyway, I don't plan to make much achievements in music. This is just my hobby. By the way, to encourage the families of the victims in the 9/11 incident, I am essentially an actor." Sean kept looking at Frederick as he said at home.
The agent who came to visit sat there with a look of nothing, as if it had nothing to do with him. Well, Sean just wanted to make fun of it. Anyway, he was telling the truth, recording songs was just to try new things, just like... well, always trying new women.
Life should be full of passion so that you can use motivation. Even if you may encounter many troubles, the fewer some troubles, the better.
"Don't tell me, Milly, you came to me and didn't call your family." Sean asked seriously while sitting in the bedroom chair, looking at the girl lying on the bed without caring.
"I'm not a child, I'm already a big girl. I can be responsible for my decision, and there's no need for someone to accompany me to come!" Camilla jumped up immediately and shouted angrily, waving her arms.
Because Jodana was going to Yale to go to college, she could not take Camilla to Sean again, so her parents terminated the activity. Although Sean had a good relationship with their family, he was a man after all, and the best friends he lived with were all men. However, for Camilla, who had been used to having a few days of lawless vacation time every month, this was really bad, so bad that it was unbearable.
So, she ran over privately now, just like she was sneaking in the studio that time, staying at Sean and not leaving.
"But the problem is that the law doesn't think so," Sean sighed and comforted her with kind words, "You will have to be considered an adult who can exercise your rights independently in law in three or four years."
"I don't care. I know what I'm doing!" Camilla said angrily. Since Jordanna went to Yale, she hasn't come to Sean again. She has only seen her at her birthday party for a year and usually has phone calls.
"Don't be willful, Milly." Sean could only say that.
"You can't treat me like this," Camilla shouted, biting her lips, and her slender eyes flashed with threatening light, "You must know...you must know..."
"Are you threatening me?" Sean immediately lowered his face.
The girl was startled and quickly replied to normal. She leaned over in a panic and said in a pleading tone: "Don't do this, Sean, can you let my holiday go to waste?"
"It's not that Xiao Qiao is not coming back." Sean sighed.
"But how enough time is that?" Camilla flattened her mouth, looked at him pitifully, and then pressed it on him.
"Wait...wait, what are you doing?" Sean immediately sat back.
But the girl sat on his thigh like a snake and rode, wrapped her hands around his neck, and put them in front of him and acted like a spoiled child: "Please, Sean."
Sean was suddenly in a daze. You know, Camilla could sit on his thighs with her legs spread apart, and she was sticking her whole body up. Even though she was wearing clothes, he could still almost feel her developing softness. If she moved her lower body a little further, it would be even more exciting to do so. Not to mention such a close distance, taking a breath, the girl's unique green breath would just drill into her nostrils.
"Mi...Milly...Wait..." Sean tried his best to tilt his head back, trying to make himself a little more awake, but the girl didn't plan to let him go like this.
"Shawn..." She shouted again in a low voice, with indescribable temptation, and her bright eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of water vapor.
"Listen, Milly, you can't..." Sean took a deep breath, hugged her and stood up to say something, but the girl blocked her mouth back as soon as she said something.
She stepped on his upper toes, tiptoed, hooked her hands around his neck, leaned back her hanging body, and put her tongue in with her very proactive.
Caught off guard, Sean couldn't help but move with her, and the sweet breath that belonged to only a girl immediately wrapped him tightly, making him intoxicated and unable to extricate himself.
The two maintained this strange posture, kissing each other over and over again, exchanging saliva and enthusiasm. Since that mistaken kiss, Camilla has been asking for kisses frequently. Sean was so entangled that she was unable to help. With the idea of giving up, as long as she made a plea or crying, she would always satisfy her.
Such indulgence made Camilla fascinated by kissing games and was a little lawless. She often looked for opportunities to attack and did not even look at the occasion. Once, if Sean hadn't been hiding quickly, she would have probably been discovered by Jordanna.
Chapter completed!