Chapter 156 The Selfish Person
“Guess who I am?” A pair of small hands covered little Gilbert’s eyes from behind.
Little Gilbert knew who it was as soon as he heard it. He clapped his little hands away and said: "Scarlett, stop being naughty."
"Humph!" Scarlett Johansson cutely snorted, walked around to little Gilbert, and expressed her dissatisfaction: "Little Gilbert, you have changed, you have become bad."
Little Gilbert looked innocent: "What's wrong with me?"
"You didn't invite me to star in your movie. Have you forgotten that this is our agreement?" The little girl looked very resentful.
Little Gilbert was even more confused: "Hey, Scarlett, when did we make this agreement?"
Scarlett Johansson's eyes widened and she said in disbelief: "You actually forgot the agreement between us..."
The little girl's eyes began to fill with mist and she looked like she was about to cry.
Little Gilbert hated the sight of women crying, even little girls crying.
He rubbed his head and quickly comforted the little girl: "Okay, okay, I remembered, there is indeed this agreement, Scarlett.
It's just that this movie really doesn't have a role suitable for you, and I can't arrange for you to star in it. "
"What should I do?" The little girl still had tears in her eyes: "I have told my good friends that I will continue to star in your movies.
But now that I’m not acting, they will laugh at me when I get back. "
"Well," little Gilbert said helplessly, "Next one, next movie, can I let you star in it?"
"Really?" Scarlett Johansson laughed through tears: "Then I want to play the leading role."
"Scarlett, do you want me to make a children's movie?" Little Gilbert asked with a smile.
"What? Isn't it possible?" Sijia asked.
"If you want to play the leading role, you have to work hard. Have you been obedient and gone to school recently?" Little Gilbert began to care about the little girl's academic performance.
Scarlett's face tightened, and she looked away and said to him: "Well, actually, I'm not bad, Ms. Kate even praised me."
Ms. Kate was Scarlett's teacher. She once told Ms. Sloan about the trouble Scarlett was getting into at school, and little Gilbert happened to be there.
Sijia is still quite naughty. I heard that she even fights with boys at school and looks like the king of children. But in front of little Gilbert, she always pretends to be a little lady.
She is worthy of being one of the four major celebrities in Hollywood in the future. Compared with the four major celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry, Scarlett Johansson's business ability is still stronger, at least her acting skills are okay.
Little Gilbert laughed when he heard Scarlett's slander. He touched the little girl's head and said, "Study hard. I will check your results when you come back."
As long as your grades are up to standard, I will give you a chance to audition. "
"Why can't you just let me be the protagonist?" Scarlett pouted.
But seeing little Gilbert's face turn serious, Scarlett knew that her request was too much, and immediately made a zipper movement: "Okay, then it's settled, you can't break your promise."
"Don't worry, Sijia, I won't forget it, and you shouldn't forget our agreement, study hard."
Usually only Asians require their children to study hard and regard academic performance as the biggest way to change their destiny.
Little Gilbert is close to the Chinese soul, but he has no children and cannot hope for success. So I had no choice but to enjoy watching Sijia and enjoy the power of my parents in the previous life to watch and learn from me.
After calming down Scarlett and spending the Christmas holidays, little Gilbert tackled some of the backlog at Melon Studio.
The main reason is the share settlement of several movies that have been received one after another. The global sales of "Bravely Entering the Island" once again made Xigua Studio a huge profit.
The film was released on video VCD in early December. In the first week of release, it sold 800,000 units, breaking the record for video and VCD releases of "Jurassic Park".
Of course, this has nothing to do with Melon Studios. The distribution of video VCDs is mainly through the channel of Time Warner, the parent company of Warner Pictures. Its video distribution company bought out the North American video distribution rights for US$7 million over five years.
After expiration, "Bravely Entering the Island" can continue to sell the distribution rights and earn long-term profits.
Disney does not have similar channels or subsidiaries, and its animated film video distribution basically relies on Time Warner channels.
The focus of Disney's strength is on peripheral products, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck dolls.
It is worth mentioning that this year, Winnie the Pooh’s sales surpassed Mickey Mouse for the first time and became Disney’s best-selling peripheral product.
The peripherals of "Into the Dead Island" are not as easy to sell as "Iron Fist". At most, they are linked to Hummers, Ferraris, sunglasses, clothes from the film, etc.
In addition, dolls and figures of the protagonists will also be sold in peripheral stores.
At this time, the advantage of the handsome guy is highlighted.
Although "Interview with the Vampire" didn't do well at the box office, I heard that Tom Cruise spent 5 million out of his own pocket to buy the box office in order to have a box office of over 100 million in North America.
This is a normal operation for many Hollywood stars. In order to make the first-week box office numbers look better, they usually spend money to buy box office.
So if you are lucky, you can see the vacant ghost theater in the movie theater, which is basically the extra show where the movie's leading actor bought the box office.
Of course, film companies and theater chains will not stop it. It’s not about making money, so just buy it!
Although the film’s North American box office reached more than $100 million due to box office purchases, the sales of “Interview with the Vampire” peripheral products were good.
The costumes worn by Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt in the film, as well as their dolls, have generated good sales.
Although the film was not a success, it was at least profitable, and it did not disgrace Tom Cruise's reputation as the golden boy at the box office.
In fact, as long as he doesn't act with Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise's ability to resist box office is still very strong.
It's just that he was unlucky, he was too handsome, and he refused to destroy his image by playing mentally ill, perverted, gay, etc. characters, so he couldn't win an Oscar.
The Oscar's prejudice against handsome actors is stronger than its prejudice against popcorn commercial films. Before returning to the set, little Gilbert was invited to attend a small party hosted by Tom Cruise. Naomi Watts accompanied little Gilbert.
Things are different now. In the past, little Gilbert met Naomi Watts through parties. At that time, Naomi Watts was still an unknown person in Hollywood, earning a living by working in restaurants and nightclubs.
But today, Naomi Watts is a new A-list actress in Hollywood. She has several projects on hand, one of which is Warner Pictures' "Twister", in which she is the leading actress.
The film is directed by Jane de Bont and written by Michael Crichton, the original author and screenwriter of "Jurassic Park".
Naomi Watts is a starring role, and her role is heavier than that of the film's male lead, Bill Paxton.
The most important thing is that the production cost of this film is US$110 million, making it a proper A-level production.
It is said that in recent years, there have been more and more A-level big-budget movies with more than 100 million US dollars. The box office failure of "Waterworld" did not scare away the film companies, but they still increased their investment.
Twentieth Century Fox alone has produced two blockbusters with investment of over 100 million, Big Ship and "Independence Day."
Of course, most investments are settled through financing. Hollywood continues to create high box office revenue, making the vampires on Wall Street greedy, and a large amount of Wall Street funds pour into Hollywood.
So now the film companies are not short of money, because the film companies don’t have to spend much money at all.
Of course, it won't take long for the vampires on Wall Street to find out they've been duped.
Because investing in movies is completely different from the financial field, Wall Street was so tricked that my mother didn’t even recognize her, but she still invested money tirelessly.
Compared with Naomi Watts's smooth sailing, Nicole Kidman has remained stagnant and stagnant for so many years. She is still Mrs. Cruise.
It seems that apart from this identity, Nicole Kidman can no longer play other representative roles.
Oddly enough, apart from the movies she collaborated with her husband Tom Cruise, the movies Nicole Kidman made were hits one after another.
This woman is scheming and resourceful, and the three Naomi Watts combined are not as good as her.
She is beautiful, popular, and at the peak of her appearance, but the movies she makes just don't sell well.
It can be seen that appearance and popularity are not equal to box office. Many times there are some metaphysical elements in it.
Therefore, Nicole Kidman is a little jealous when she sees Naomi Watts again.
Looking at little Gilbert talking happily with her husband, Nicole Kidman said to Naomi Watts in an envious tone: "Naomi, congratulations, you have achieved good results in several movies you have starred in this year. ”
Naomi Watts looked very happy: "It's all because of little Gilbert's care that my luck has exploded this year."
"Yeah, it shows how important it is to follow the right person." Nicole Kidman looked at Tom Cruise, as if to express dissatisfaction.
Over there, Tom Cruise was still vividly talking about the movie he shot: "Mission: Impossible."
"Little Gilbert, I was inspired by you. All the scenes in the film, all the dangerous stunts, I did myself.
We did a lot of incredible moves, and there was one part where I was hanging from the ceiling and stealing things, I really liked it. "
"Tom, congratulations on completing the challenge." Little Gilbert said a few kind words rarely, and at the same time inquired: "Has the film been scheduled? We won't have to bump up the schedule then, right?"
Tom Cruise shook his head and said: "I absolutely don't want to meet you, the king of summer movies, in the summer movie. I have suggested that Paramount release the film at the end of May.
What about your new film? "
Little Gilbert shook his head and said: "It's not clear yet, the film is still being filmed and the release date will not be announced until before the Super Bowl."
In fact, Gilbert Jr. had already discussed the release date with Charles Rowan, Kane Waxman and others, and they all thought it would be good to release it on Victory Day or Memorial Day.
Victory Day in World War II falls on May 8th, which is a suitable date since it includes the entire schedule including the weekend of the previous week.
Tom Cruise clinks glasses with Gilbert Jr.: "Hopefully we won't meet in the summer."
"Don't worry, Tom, I don't want to run into you during the summer vacation either." Little Gilbert said with a smile.
After the party ended, little Gilbert and Naomi Watts walked back, and Naomi Watts said: "Little Gilbert, I think Nicole is a little dissatisfied with Tom."
"Oh? Really?" Little Gilbert's reaction was very cold. It was not surprising that these two would divorce sooner or later.
Naomi Watts continued: "Nicole's career has not progressed much in the past few years, and I think she will seek new opportunities.
I think you can help her, she's pretty pretty too. "
Little Gilbert tilted his head and said, "Are you asking me to be a thief?"
Naomi Watts asked in confusion: "What is Cao Thief?"
"Uh, a Chinese historical figure."
"oh!"
Then there was silence. Although Naomi Watts had learned a few Chinese sentences with little Gilbert, it was still too difficult for her to understand Chinese historical figures.
Little Gilbert was still thinking that even if he wanted to have sex with someone else, he would have to wait until after the divorce.
Otherwise, with Tom Cruise’s temper, he wouldn’t be able to challenge him to a duel in the octagonal cage!
In terms of men and women, Tom Cruise and little Gilbert are the same people, both selfish.
(End of chapter)