The premiere of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" exceeded everyone's expectations and set off an incredible craze. Not only were the two thousand seats in the Los Angeles Theater all filled, but every audience who attended the premiere praised the movie. This was simply unimaginable!

You should know that after a popcorn movie premiered, it is difficult to reach an agreement on the audience's reputation, because popcorn movies often mean that the plot is simple, or even empty and boring; it also means that there is a lack of connotation and discussion value, and it is just simply stimulating adrenaline. This also makes the audience's personal senses have huge differences. Like "Terminator 2" and "Haizhang Ark", there are only a handful of popcorn movies that have won unanimous praise from the audience and the media.

Before the release of "Speed ​​of Life and Death" was almost no one held hope. This action movie, which only invested 28 million US dollars, was ridiculed as a disaster of "even Hugo cannot save". Many media were even more pessimistic about the reputation of the powerful acting actor who just relied on "Schindler's List" and "Pulp Novels" that would be ruined by the "bad and terrible" popcorn movie "Speed ​​of Life and Death".

After many acting actors have obtained award recognition, they blindly took on commercial movies. As a result, not only did the box office fail, but their reputation plummeted. They have never risen again since then, and even their acting skills themselves are in a quagmire and are finally disliked by the academics.

This is also the origin of the so-called "Little Golden Man Curse". The most famous example of the 21st century is Halle Berry, who became the first and only Oscar-black actress in film history and the only Oscar-winning actress in 2014. After winning the Oscar, she starred in commercial films such as "007: Die.another.day", "X-men 2 (x-men2), "catwoman" and other commercial films. Unfortunately, the box office was not outstanding, and her reputation continued to decline. As a result, her career plummeted. After entering the second decade of the 21st century, although she still has works released every year, she has completely gone away from the position of first-line actresses.

Therefore, it is generally believed that actors who have received acting recognition must be careful when they come into contact with commercial movies. It is not that they cannot accept it, but that they must consider it carefully, otherwise they will make a mistake and suffer eternal regret.

Before the release of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", people thought that this movie was likely to be the beginning of Hugo's second collapse in career, just like the "fatal moment" that took place after the "Death Poetry Club". This shows how pessimistic people are about the movie "Speed ​​of Life and Death". Not to mention the "New York Post", Colin Meller believed that this was a great opportunity to take the opportunity to put Hugo into a career trough, so he started the bet of "100 million US dollars in box office".

However, after the premiere, almost all media reporters fell below their eyes, and their dislocated chin was unable to take them back in a short period of time. Putting aside the first batch of reviews from professional film critics, whether it was the five-minute applause after the movie was played, or the loyal fans who walked on Hollywood Avenue to celebrate after the premiere because they were too excited, they all made this night the most special moment since the opening of the summer season in 1994 because of the movie "Speed ​​of Life and Death".

"Us Weekly" conducted a live sample survey of the audience who attended the premiere that night. A total of 86 audiences were interviewed, and an astonishing result was obtained. Among them, 83 of them said they liked the movie very much. One of the three audiences screamed for Hugo for a full three minutes without saying anything; one person screamed and ran away excitedly, which was confusing; and another person said that the movie was not bad, but it was not worth going into the cinema for the second time.

In other words, all the 86 viewers gave praise to the movie, at least a successful popcorn movie. This 100% feedback rate surprised the reporters of "US Weekly".

What's even more amazing is that more than 200 viewers walked on Hollywood Avenue that night just to find "a scene in the movie". People who have not watched the movie expressed their incomprehension, but the audiences who have watched the premiere shouted excitedly, "It's there, it's there", which surprised those who have not been able to enter the premiere and became more curious about the movie.

Although the box office of the movie is still an unknown number, from the audience's reaction after the premiere, we can see the outstanding "speed of life and death". So in an instant, the uncrowned king's alliance collapsed. Before the dawn of the next day of the premiere could not bear the whole of the United States, major media couldn't wait to express their positions, as if the so-called "ban" had never happened before.

The provocative behavior of the New York Post at the premiere immediately became the scapegoat for major media to shift their targets, and the bet on "100 million box office" became a new round of hot topics: The New York Post received attention in the plan, but Colin suddenly felt uncomfortable.

"A $100 million bet! The New York Post has a post to the 'Speed ​​Speed ​​of Life and Death'!"

"Did the interview rights worth 100 million yuan, is it the New York Post that got Hugo's interview, or Hugo completely banned the New York Post?"

"The New York Post is desperate: The box office of 'life and death speed' is absolutely impossible to exceed the 100 million threshold!"

"After the lively premiere, 100 million box office seems to be no longer a distant dream!"

Major media have focused their attention on the "100 million box office" incident, trying to make people forget to join forces to ban the topic, so this has become another hot topic after the premiere of "life and death speed". Compared to the "ban" that comes quickly and goes quickly, the box office gambling game is obviously more topical, and the uncrowned kings who are eager to "ban" have never happened have tried their best to urge their pens to hype this topic, which has caused earth-shaking changes in the entire situation overnight.

Among them, the news of the Los Angeles Times is undoubtedly the most influential.

"When the New York Post 100% surely clamored that the box office of "life and death hour" would never exceed $100 million, they must have forgotten one thing, that is, Hollywood has always been a place to realize their dreams. "life and death hour" emerged in a perfect manner when everyone was not optimistic about it, conquered all the audiences attending the premiere.

Although this was just the premiere, the box office trend was still unclear; there is no doubt that the New York Post made a wrong decision, and they preconceived that Hugo would fail again, or that they hoped to see Hugo's failure again, so that they would not hesitate to make a statement that would discredit Hugo out of nothing.

Such behavior appeared again after experiencing the witch trial, which made people sigh at the decay and regression within this newspaper.

This is a bet: Can the box office of "life and death hour" exceed $100 million, "New York Post" wins, Hugo needs to apologize for his previous refusal to interview; "life and death hour" wins, what is the bet? Did Hugo refuse the New York Post's interview for his lifetime? Maybe this is not cost-effective, because Hugo has never received any interviews from the New York Post since the Witch Trial."

The sarcasm of the Los Angeles Times is undoubtedly the most vivid interpretation of this bet. This not only makes the New York Post the absolute focus, but also makes people's perception of the New York Post decline rapidly. In the past six months, it has finally recovered a little reputation and is about to go to waste again.

But at this time, the "New York Post" was already in a difficult situation. Even if they apologize or change their words at this time, they could not change the whole situation. What's more, the news that "Hugo banned the "New York Post" as a definite news began to spread widely in the circle. Although it was impossible for Hugo to completely ban the prospects of the "New York Post" in Hollywood alone, this was just a personal behavior; but this was undoubtedly a shame for the "New York Post".

Only the media has always banned artists. When will it be the turn of artists to ban the media?

Therefore, Colin had no way out. He could not quickly turn against other media without shame. He had to face the challenge. This is what is called "deepening the boats and becoming successful if you fail." Therefore, the "New York Post" responded again with a tough response in the storm at the forefront, especially the premiere of "Life and Death Hour".

"There are always many media flatteries behind Lancaster's brilliant success, but as the uncrowned king of public opinion supervision, it is necessary for us to unveil Lancaster's true face like the public. Lancaster's arrogance, arrogance, rudeness and unruly image as an artist was fully reflected in the premiere of "Speed ​​of Life and Death".

He dared to directly provoke the dignity of reporters, he dared to despise the authority of reporters, he dared to ignore the existence of reporters... He refused to cooperate with the right to know and freedom of speech, but because the "New York Post" dared to tell the truth, he spoke wildly to our special correspondents, and even refused any form of interviews from our newspaper after the premiere.

This is a shame for the news media.”

This time, the New York Post's speech became even more intense. Apart from not saying swearing, they almost used all kinds of methods to curse Hugo. However, Colin learned his lesson. The news content was not false. Everything followed the facts and then interpreted it from the perspective of the New York Post. In this way, they had no handle.

"So, this newspaper will never succumb to Lancaster's brilliant achievements and super popularity. This newspaper firmly resists a arrogant and arrogant dictator like Lancaster. So, this bet, this newspaper officially takes over!

If the box office of "life and death speed" does not exceed the 100 million threshold, then Lancaster must formally apologize to our reporter in front of the public and cooperate with our newspaper for an exclusive interview; if the box office of "life and death speed" successfully exceeds the 100 million threshold, then this newspaper will write a special issue to apologize to Lancaster!

Mr. Hugo Lancaster, do you dare to take this bet?"

This time, Colin learned his lesson. Since it was a bet, it would inevitably require bets from both parties. However, he was still cunning. The price of the failure of the New York Post is really not painful. Although in the eyes of ordinary readers, this is surrender and a shame, in fact, media apology is not a serious matter for them at all. But the point is that readers are taking this set.

So, Colin posted a post and a formal post, which quickly made the box office of "life and death speed" a focus of everyone's attention, just like a farce. But the problem is that Hugo no longer takes the initiative in this farce. Regardless of whether he accepts the call or not, the "New York Post" has already held the world. Therefore, when the bet is opened, even if Hugo doesn't want to, he has already entered the game.
Chapter completed!