Javier Uriel supported his chin with his right hand, and his brain was a little dazzled. He kept thinking about the interview with the Golden Triangle of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" not long ago. However, the details of the interview were blurred. He only saw three people talking and laughing happily. "Javier? Javier!" A slightly helpless voice interrupted Javier's thoughts, and his gaze quickly regained his focus. Subconsciously searched around, and then he saw the editor-in-chief Bill-caleb opposite the desk with a slightly helpless look. "I know this is not an easy task, but believe me, I don't want it."

Javier's thoughts did not turn around for a moment, and could not keep up with Bill's conversation rhythm. His eyes fell on the New York Times on his desk. This was yesterday's newspaper, and the front page headlines were very eye-catching. "The birth of a new record: 135 million!" A concise and clear sentence attracted all his attention. The subtitle was "'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' led the North American film market to ride the wind and waves." This was not only a breakthrough in reporting the box office of North American premiere weekend, but also elevated "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to the height of a historical writer.

Obviously, the New York Times believes that after Pirates of the Caribbean 2, the potential of the North American film market will enter a new stage, just like "Spider-Man" emerged four years ago.

As we all know, "Spider-Man" is considered a watershed in the times, but now "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is placed in the same level. This shows that the New York Times attaches great importance to this record-breaking. Even the New York Times has made a statement, let alone other media. In just 48 hours, more than 300 media outlets across the United States reported, completely igniting the enthusiasm of this summer. The previously depressed emotions finally found a channel for venting them.

"Javier!" Bill shouted again in a bad mood, picked up the newspaper on the table and put it down heavily. Only then did Javier come to his senses completely, raise his left hand and waved it gently, expressing his apology, "I know what you mean, but Bill, is it really so bad?"

"You know I don't mean that..." Bill sighed softly and tried to explain, but was interrupted by Javier. "You know I don't mean that." Bill couldn't help but choked. Javier continued, "I know that at the same time, it's to grab time and headlines. This is not aimed at anyone, but just for newspapers. But this practice itself is a sign of lack of confidence. Are you sure that the box office of the "Rampage Road" will be defeated by the box office? Even we did this, let alone other newspapers? I don't understand, it's just that the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" broke out. Is there no hope in the "Rampage Road"? The movie market in the summer season does not work like this.

For the news industry, time is the most precious. Newspapers are printed every night and issued the next morning. They can prepare the news in advance before the deadline. However, there is often no way to do so in reality. Many events are sudden and catch people off guard. Therefore, major newspapers will prepare for major events like the Super Bowl, and write successful and failed manuscripts in advance, and wait for the results to be released directly as soon as possible.

Bill asked Javier to do this and write two positive and negative articles for the next week's summer showdown.

But the box office battle in the summer season is not that simple. The showdown between "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and "Raging Road" has many possible results: "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" weekly box office crushed the box office of the "Raging Road" premiere, and "Raging Road" premiere box office explosion caused the second weekly drop of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" to plunge the box office of the second week. The box office performance of the "Raging Road" premiere box office is a slight difference between "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" and the "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has caused the weekend box office champion to be unable to arrange according to the prediction numbers, or the box office performance of the two works this week is extremely bad, which continues the sluggishness of this summer season...

It can be said that the box office trends of the two works may have multiple situations, and the duels and interweaving between them may also lead to multiple results, which is almost impossible to prepare "in advance".

Now, Bill hopes that Javier will write two articles in advance, one of which was the box office of the premiere of "Rampage Road" and the other is that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" crushes "Rampage Road". But in fact, the core meaning is that he does not have enough confidence in "Rampage Road", because Bill knows that Javier has a special friendship with Lance, and Javier is always sure that "Rampage Road" will succeed. Even if Bill does not ask, Javier will definitely write the first article in advance. This means that Bill is asking Javier to prepare for the failure of "Rampage Road".

This is why Javier expressed dissatisfaction at this time.

The box office of the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" was shocking, breaking the historical record of "Spider-Man" with an absolutely strong attitude and increasing the proportion by nearly 20 million. This is indeed incredible, but just in this case, the box office prospects of "Rampant Road" began to decline all the way, and it could even be said to have plummeted. <>

Almost all industry insiders believe that the chaos in the first two months of the summer vacation was to accumulate energy for "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", and even "Superman Return" became a victim - Warner Bros. has become the biggest loser in this summer vacation, let alone "Rampage Road"? The box office of "Rampage Road" was not optimistic, and now the unfavorable factors are clearly visible. No one believes that under the crushing of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", "Rampage Road" can find vitality, even a slightest difficulty.

Javier was really upset.

Lance is no longer a nameless man who has become a fledgling man. He has firmly established himself in Hollywood. He has made consecutive Oscars in the past three times and has failed in directors' works. This has proved Lance's ability. Even if he is not the top director, he is enough to lead the front-line director. But the news media still has no confidence in Lance. Even industry insiders have always refused to be optimistic about Lance. In addition to Lance's own unrestrained personality, the main reason is that Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, and Disney blockade of Lance-

Since the publicity strategy of "Rampant Road" is full of controversy, they have no way to stop it; then they have indirectly cooled down the movie and quietly diverted the audience's attention. After the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", almost all the news was focused on the historical record of this work, and the "Rampant Road" that will premiere next week has been almost forgotten.

Bill knew that Javier and Lance had a very close relationship with each other, and his emotions were naturally extraordinary, so he said patiently, "Let me say this, the weekly decline of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2'...even if it is 50%, it may be higher or lower, but we just treat it as 50%, which also means that the movie can get 65 million in the next week - the digital details will not be investigated. So, what is the premiere of the 'Rampant Road' you predicted?"

Javier was silent. Although he was full of confidence in the "Raging Road", he was not a blind lunatic. The New York Times predicted the premiere number of 60 million, and the article was written by him.

"Believe me, I hope to see Lance's work succeed more than anyone else, and teaches a lesson to the West Bank's fools who are not talented and full of alcohol and ***. But that's the reality." Bill leaned forward slightly and leaned against the edge of his desk. "When Lance chose the work of "Rampage Road", he knew the risks he was facing. He was a smart man, much smarter than you and me, but even Einstein could not predict the box office direction."

Sixty million is just the expectation of the New York Times. But the reality is that this prediction was to separate the surrounding interference factors and conclude that the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has now hit a new historical record, which means that it will increase the pressure on subsequent releases. The box office forecast of the "Raging Road" that is the first to be hit will naturally need to fall a little, so it is very likely that even 60 million will not reach the premiere weekend, or even...

Javier looked up and tried to say something, but opened his mouth and found that there was a moment of blankness in his brain. He blurted out, "What if the box office of the 'Rampant Road' premiere box office exceeded 100 million?"

Bill shrugged, "That's our carnival." Bill chuckled, "We'll give the money worms on the West Bank a head-on blow. Hey, we're discussing Lancelot, that guy who is unpredictable. Although Chaos Pictures has not made any moves, Lance has probably been prepared for such a situation, so let's wait and see." Bill's expression also seemed very relaxed, which made Javier laugh. "However, we still have to be prepared here. You must write the manuscripts after the box office failure in advance, and the perspective needs to be novel. We need to grab time on the Internet."

Javier was actually convinced by Bill, but his emotional angle was still unacceptable. Bill clamped his right hand into a fist and gently tapped on the desk, "This is reality. Javier, we are reporters, this is our job."

After breathing a long sigh, Javier nodded dullly, got up and left the office, opened the office door, Javier thought of something and stopped, "So, is the box office record of 'Pirates of the Caribbean 2' really amazing?" After all, his understanding of Hollywood is still not that deep. Is 135 million really that brilliant?

Bill thought about it seriously, "Just five years ago, this result was unimaginable. It's like, now you imagine that a movie swept 200 million dollars in three days on weekends, which is a truth."
Chapter completed!