In the early morning, the noisy Los Angeles became a little quieter. The spacious mansion was pitch black, but the lights on the study showed that the owner was not asleep yet.

Sitting at the desk, Townsend Rossman was busy all night without any sleepiness. Twentieth Century Fox is the North American publisher of "Save Private Ryan". The trend of the film will directly affect Fox's performance this quarter. Judging from the revenue of "Independence Day", Duke Rosenberg's new work is extremely important for annual performance.

After watching the time, the midnight show of "Save Private Ryan" on the West Coast should be almost the same. The box office statistics of the midnight show in North America will be released soon, and then a special person will be passed on to him.

Suddenly, someone knocked gently on the door of the study, and then a middle-aged woman pushed the door and walked in.

"Are you still not sleeping?"

She walked aside and made a cup of coffee for herself and her husband, "Is the statistics not yet?"

"not yet."

Seeing his wife sitting opposite, Townsend Rossman said with concern, "It's getting late, you'd better go back and continue to rest."

The wife shook her head, "I'll wait with you for a while."

Time seemed to pass very slowly. Townsend Rossman's brows were always slightly frowning, until the phone rang and he answered a few words, and a little joy appeared between his eyebrows.

"The midnight event statistics have been reached?" asked his wife.

"arrive!"

Townsend Rossman nodded, but did not continue talking. Instead, he turned around, took out a bottle of red wine and two glasses from the cabinet behind, and poured a glass for himself and his wife.

“It looks very good!”

Raising the wine glass and touching Townsend Rossman gently, the middle-aged woman said, "You will only drink this bottle of wine when you are particularly happy."

“$6.23 million!”

Put down the wine glass. Townsend Rossman laughed, "Ninety-six percent of the audience at midnight are a good review!"

This midnight show is not as high as "Independence Day", but the theme of the film has a natural disadvantage. More importantly, because of the strong competition of "Brave Heart", the opening theaters of "Save Private Ryan" are hundreds of less than "Independence Day". In this case, being able to get such a midnight box office is enough to prove the power of "Save Private Ryan"!

"Is that young director so outstanding?" The middle-aged woman seemed a little moved.

"Better than you think!"

Townsend Rossman said with certainty that although this is the midnight show, he is full of confidence in the whole film because it is Duke Rosenberg's work! This name is the guarantee of success! It is the guarantee of box office in the summer season!

More than ten minutes later, Townsend Rossman and his wife went to the bedroom. For the powerful Fox Ceo, it was an extremely peaceful night to sleep.

In the luxurious suite at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Erin Lauder just got up and called someone to send today's newspaper.

"So active?" Anna said in a teasing tone.

After handing the tip, closing the door, Erin returned to the sofa with the newspaper in her arms, "Because I really like this movie."

As she said that, she looked through newspapers one by one, and almost all the front pages of the entertainment edition could see reports on "Save Private Ryan" and "Brave Heart". Erin was not concerned about non-American history. She was not interested in Australian savages and other things, and directly filtered out the latter's news reports. Her eyes were all focused on the news about "Save Private Ryan".

When she was in Los Angeles, the first thing she read was a copy of the Los Angeles Times.

"Save the Soldier Ryan is a great war film. Its real war scenes, magnificent sound effects, heart-wrenching plots, unique narrative methods, etc. are all worthy of praise with the most gorgeous words..."

Throwing the newspaper aside, Erin picked up the New York Times from her hometown.

"This is the most realistic war film. This reality comes from the use of realistic shots and smooth editing techniques. In the real atmosphere created by Duke Rosenberg, we feel the same real and as tragic as we feel! In addition, "Save the Soldier Ryan" has left countless thoughts!"

Although the film critics of major media did not mention this video in the columns of film critics, there were not many news reports. There were also related entertainment comments, and they basically showed a trend of praise.

"It is worth mentioning that the war scene at the opening of the film. Director Duke Rosenberg perfectly demonstrated his directorial talent in this play. The fine processing of sound and painting not only truly reproduces the blood and tragic of the war, but also excellently shows the character's psychology on the battlefield, giving people a strong shock. It is not an exaggeration to call it "the most exciting war scene in history."

Anna walked over, sat next to her, picked up the newspaper that Erin had thrown aside, and started to look through it.

"Why are film critics evaluating "Brave Heart"?" Erin threw down the newspaper and held her chin and said, "They collectively ignored "Save Soldier Ryan"!"

"It's normal." Anna didn't look up, "It's no secret that critics don't like Duke, but it's a very troublesome thing to criticize movies like "Save Private Ryan". If I were a critic, I would choose to ignore it."

"It's not that there are no criticisms." Erin found a newspaper and said to Anna. "Some of them are also criticizing the movie."

"Oh?" Anna became interested.

What is criticized is not the theme and reactionary ideas of the film, but other aspects, which seem to be deliberately targeted by someone.

After attending the premiere, a representative of the National Teachers and Parents Federation publicly judged that the film was bloody and cruel. The R-level rating was not enough to prevent minors from entering the theater. Director Duke Rosenberg was suspected of deliberately promoting violence.

There is also a black organization in the Greater Los Angeles area, which believes that the film deliberately ignores the contribution of ethnic minorities to World War II and is suspected of racial discrimination...

“Suspected racial discrimination?”

In the studio d'Day, Duke was a little surprised to see the news, "Did those people's heads be hit by pigs? Or is their heads really less capacity than normal people?"

"Duke!"

Sofia Coppola pulled him and whispered to him, "Attention to your words."

Not only Sofia Coppola, but also Nancy Josephson, Pany Kellis and others. Duke also knew that the race problem was an untouchable restricted area. Although he did not say anything substantial, he still shut his mouth.

But, including Duke and experienced PR Pany Kellis, no one took the black protest seriously.

First, this is the basic rules of Hollywood's game - whites dominate everything; second, the film's reaction is very real, and the status of blacks has not been significantly improved at that time. Most of the blacks in World War II were in separate formations.

Compared with these, the protests of the representative of the National Federation of Teachers and Parents are a little troublesome. Although this is definitely not the voice of the entire Federation, it can also cause many negative effects.

"Leave it to me." Panny Kellis took the initiative to take it, "I ask for your authorization, Duke, I will convene a press conference on this matter as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Duke nodded, then turned to Charles Rowan, "Is Paramount and Caa behind it?"

"It's very likely."

There are too many such competitions. Charles Rowan has always seemed very calm. "We don't need to investigate. All the news and measures that are unfavorable to "Save Private Ryan" can be classified into them."

"Well, Charles." Duke didn't hesitate. "You are responsible for contacting the publicity and PR departments of Warner, Disney and Fox, urging them to launch post-screen publicity plans and invest enough resources."

He thought for a moment. "I remember after I proposed, Fox asked someone to investigate Mel Gibson. He also got a lot of things that allowed them to choose the right time to release them."

Standing up, slapped his palms, Dukelong said, "Everyone, whether you can win this competition depends on the actions in the next few days!"

From the reactions in some media, we can see that Paramount Pictures and Caa are in action, while Duke's temporarily led D-Day Studios and co-producers are also in action.

These actions are not only about promoting their own videos, but also about all means to attack competitors!

After parking the car, Sarah quickly walked through the passage. She walked into the editorial department of the Los Angeles Times. Due to work arrangements, she missed the premiere of "Save Private Ryan" yesterday. She just finished watching it today. The reason why she could watch it during working hours was that she had the support of the editor-in-chief. She wanted to write a report about "Save Private Ryan".

Whether this rescue is worth it or not, some media are now talking about it. As one of the three major newspapers in the United States, the Los Angeles Times, if this topic is the focus of the page, it will inevitably trigger a discussion craze and attract more people to pay attention to the movie.

While sitting in front of the typewriter, Sarah found that she was going to stand on Duke Rosenberg's side again, and the feeling of standing up with the successful one was actually very good.

She watched the video and determined the quality of the film. With Duke Rosenberg's past achievements, she almost didn't have to consider it. Sarah was also sure that this would be an extremely successful movie!

At the same time, the seventeen-year-old Tyres just returned home, but was facing the sharp eyes of his father Old Tyres, because just this afternoon, he went to the theater to watch "Save the Soldier Ryan" despite his father's previous warning.

"Dad, I promise you that the film is definitely not promoting violence!" Little Teres swears to his father, "This is a very touching war film, and the best war film. Those who say it is violent and bloody are obviously biased. I swear with the honor of the Teres family, this is a film worth watching repeatedly!"

Seeing that his father seemed to hesitate, little Tyres continued, "Dad, the "Brave Heart" you proposed to watch is actually a traitor and a whistleblower, and a Scots who have nothing to do with us..."

After a brief dispute, like what happened between many families and friends this afternoon, the Teres changed their viewing options, and like most viewers this weekend, they decided to watch "Save the Private Ryan".
Chapter completed!