Chapter 56 The Legendary Opening of Champagne
On Sunday, the office building of William Morris was still busy.
Danni received a fax, hurried out of the office, and opened the door of the conference room next to her with a bang.
Hoke, Johnson, Edward and Caroline, who were chatting hotly, all turned their heads and looked at the door.
Hoke responded the fastest: "Have the statistics come out?"
Dani nodded and said in a hoarse voice: "The first weekend box office statistics of "The Scorpion King" were US$14.55 million on Friday and US$16.21 million on Saturday. Today's expected revenue is around US$11 million, and the three-day weekend gross will definitely exceed US$40 million."< br>
Hoke was the first to applaud , stood up and stretched out his fist: "Congratulations, Mr. Box Office Champion!"
Johnson first bumped fists with Hawke, then hugged him and shouted: "We are the box office champion of horse riding. !”
Hoke let go of Johnson and hugged Dany Garcia again.
Caroline next to her automatically stepped back: "Hey, hey, hey, let's forget it. Your cheap clothes will damage my Chanel."
Hawke hugged Edward again without looking at her.
Several people in the room were hugging each other in celebration, except Caroline.
This made her feel inexplicably excluded.
Johnson came over again, fist bumped with Hawke, and said: "Your plan is unconventional and wild, but I have to say, it works really well!"
Dani Added: "Universal Pictures' previous most optimistic estimate was that the film would gross a maximum of US$35 million in the first three days of the weekend, and now it has US$40 million!"
Johnson said: "An incredible experience."
Caroline couldn't sit still and looked for presence: "Hey, everyone, it's time for us to open the champagne!"
Dani let People go get champagne.
Johnson went out personally and brought a few handbags.
He first handed one of the envelopes to Hawke: "The remaining $50,000 check is inside."
Hawke took it, looked at it, and stuffed it into his pocket.
Johnson also gave everyone present a gift bag according to their gender.
He just entered Hollywood, with limited connections and power, and not much to rely on. He specifically said: "The success this time depends entirely on you. I have prepared a small gift. See if you like it."
Dani was the first to open the gift box, which contained a Rolex women's watch.
Caroline is the same, but the style is different.
Hawke also opened it, and inside the gift box was a gold date-type Rolex watch.
Even the silent Edward has a Rolex.
Hoke was not polite and accepted it directly: "Thank you."
The champagne was opened and the atmosphere in the conference room was quite warm.
But receiving the final payment also means that the contract between West Coast Studio and Johnson has officially ended.
Hawke had a drink with Johnson and actively sought new business: "What happened to Alison Faith, the person you introduced last time?"
Johnson simply said: "The new record company is working for her. She is also trying to compose new songs, and it is now in the preparation period. It’s not time to start publicity yet.”
He could only help introduce: “Joanna knows about your operation and will call you if they need it.”
Hawke said no more, called Edward, and went downstairs to leave.
When we came to the hall, there was a slightly hasty sound of high heels hitting the ground from behind. Caroline came from behind and said: "Redneck..."
Hawke stopped: "Miss Me, is something okay?"
Caroline was still thinking about it: "Did you delete the photo?"
Hawk was helpless: "I'm not with you You said that the photo only took the wall.”
Caroline raised her eyebrows. : "I can't trust you." She stretched out her hand: "Give me your phone. I'll see it before you believe it."
Hoke thought that Caroline was Sarah Parker's publicist, and had an idea to quietly give it to her. Edward made a gesture: "Let's learn how the ewe calls a few times."
Edward quickly turned on the recording function of his phone.
Caroline was indeed as shameless as Hawke expected, like a ewe in heat, opening her flaming red lips: "Baa! Baa! Baa..."
This meandering cry It's twisty and winding, like a woman's.
Hoke said, "You can look at my phone, but I also want to look at yours. How do I know you didn't secretly take a photo of me?"
Caroline didn't want to give it to her, but she didn't want to give it to her. When the ewe cries, wouldn’t it be a loss if we can’t see it?
She took out her Motorola, unlocked it and handed it to Hawke.
Hoke took out his daily Nokia and gave it to her.
There is nothing shady in this phone.
Caroline quickly flipped through the photo album and quickly found the photo corresponding to the date. There was no picture of her camel feet in it. It was really a picture on the wall of a conference room. At the same time, Hawke successfully found the private contact numbers of Sarah Parker and Bro Derick in Motorola's contact list and wrote them down.
Caroline looked at the photo album and returned the phone to Hawke: "Mine."
Hoke returned the Motorola to her and waved: "Goodbye."
Caroline's head With a bang, she held up her Hermès, stepped on red high heels, twisted her perky little butt, and walked out of the door.
Before she even walked to the car, Sarah Parker called her and asked her to have dinner with her in the evening to discuss some of her personal promotion plans for next week's "Sex and the City" promotion.
Caroline returned to the company, found the copy that had been prepared, and became familiar with it again.
She has developed a comprehensive personal promotion plan for Sarah Parker, which can be officially launched after the promotion of "Sex and the City" in Los Angeles.
Sarah Parker was dissatisfied with her current results and wanted to re-enter the film industry. When having dinner with Caroline in the evening, she made a request. She would wait until the awards season at the end of the year and strive for the next Golden Globe Awards. Award for Best Actress.
A heavyweight award will help her career further.
For Caroline, it is a good thing that clients have ideas and requirements, so that PR can make money.
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Sherman Oaks, mid-level luxury area.
In the dark night, Hawke sat in the driver's seat, raised his binoculars, and looked at the mansion of Sarah Parker and Bro Derek several dozen meters away.
The lights over there suddenly went out.
Hoke continued to look through the streetlights, but no car came out.
Suddenly, red and blue lights flashed, and a police patrol car approached.
Hawke knew he couldn't hide, so he simply didn't leave. He asked Edward to stay in the car and didn't move. He took out the card given by Erica in advance and got out of the car.
The police car stopped nearby, and a patrol officer got out of the car. He saw Hawke clearly and asked, "Are you in trouble?"
Hoke held the card in one hand and showed it to the patrol officer. Arrive: "The car made an abnormal noise just now, check it out."
The patrolman shined his flashlight on the card, recognized it, and said, "Need help?"
Hoke smiled: " I got it done.”
The patrolman was about to return to the car and said politely: "If you have any trouble, call 911."
The police car flashed its lights and drove away.
Hoke looked at the card in his hand, this thing is very useful.
He also got in the car, looked through the binoculars again, and said, "Go back, there will be no harvest today."
Edward started the car and walked forward: "Boss, if it is It would be very troublesome for me to stop here.”
Hawke understood and said: "No need to keep an eye on me later, let's sneak into the "Sex and the City" event and see if we can gain anything."
He thought for a moment: "Tomorrow we will go to the theater where the event is held to get familiar with it first Venue."
"We have done news about Sarah Parker once." Edward met Hawke because of this and asked, "Do you want to do it again?"
Hawk. Of course I can't tell him the truth, he said : "Last time, the storm all fell on Downey. Sarah Parker was forgiven by Bro Derick and was hardly affected. I think this couple is not normal. Maybe we can dig out bigger news from it. The cheating It’s extremely exciting. Sarah Parker can’t give up. You should be rewarded by following her.”
This brings us to what Edward is good at: “Yes, once a woman cheats, she will keep cheating. I’ve seen it before.”
Hawke asked: "Did something happen?"
Edward, a god of war figure, suddenly fell silent.
The next morning, Hawke came to the Nova Theater in Burbank like an ordinary moviegoer.
He entered the ticket hall, looked at movie posters next to each other, and finally stood in front of a promotional poster for "Sex and the City".
Tomorrow night, "Sex and the City" will hold a fan meeting here, and many of the main creative staff, including Sarah Parker, will attend.
Hawke confirmed that the time was correct and looked at the schematic diagram of the theater. In addition to the main entrance, there were two fire safety passages.
One of them is connected to the backstage, which is difficult for ordinary viewers to pass.
Hoke came to the ticket office and bought two tickets for tomorrow afternoon, a price of 39.9 US dollars each.
A regular movie ticket is only about US$7.
The crew does not expect this to make money, but treats it as a screening process.
Not many people who are not die-hard fans are willing to spend so much money.
Hoke got the ticket and found that there was text on it stating that no filming equipment was allowed to be brought into the venue.
He walked out of the theater without leaving immediately. He walked around the theater a few more times, carefully checking every exit.
(End of this chapter)