Mei Man: I drew Superman during the Great Depression

"It's started, it's started..."

In the theater, after a short fixed "Superman" opening animation, the movie was officially released.

As the screen went dark, Katharine Hepburn, who was beside Colin, also stopped talking with Howard Hughes, and stared at the big screen engrossed.

Seeing that Katharine Hepburn was not interested in speaking, Howard Hughes also stopped his courteous actions in a timely manner. He looked at Katharine Hepburn's chiseled profile and reached out to touch the cigar pocket on his body, but he seemed to think of it. He suddenly stopped the movement of his hands, and turned to grab the opponent's slender palm.

Feeling the palm firmly held by Howard Hughes, Katharine Hepburn tried to pull her hand out but felt the strength in the opponent's hand, and immediately gave up struggling, which was a tacit consent to Hughes' move.

Seeing this, Howard Hughes smiled slightly and at the same time turned his eyes to the screen in front of him. Although he has watched the plot of "Titanic" countless times as the director and producer, this does not prevent Hughes from continuing to enjoy it in the theater. This work, especially when you are with someone you like.

Ignoring the small movements of the two people around him, Ke Lin watched the picture projected on the big screen.

At the beginning of the movie, the opening logo of Howard Hughes and Colin Messenger Films first appeared.

Different from the concise and clear opening of Howard Hughes Film and Television Studios, the opening of Messenger Films is a short animation of less than a few seconds. Superman cuts through the sky and lifts the letters of Messenger Films. Accompanied by an impassioned BGM soundtrack.

This short opening animation was also produced by Disney, and the BGM as the soundtrack was produced by Colin himself, and it was also taken from the climax of Superman's classic debut music "SupermanMainTheme". Feel.

And this opening animation has also replaced the original Fox Film Company and has become the standard opening feature for all films under the Messenger Film Company.

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"You jump, I'll jump!"

Limited by the times, the movie-watching experience presented by Howard Hughes' "Titanic" is far less exciting than Cameron's later version.Dye transfer process cementation process, as a newly emerging color film technology, is immature in many aspects, and this is not something that can be solved simply by money.

Fortunately, the sense of reality in the movie makes up for this point. It comes entirely from the Titanic’s interior cabin furnishings, restaurant layout, dinner plates, cups, and even the reproduction of character costumes, so that the audience can immerse themselves in the plot of the movie. .

Being able to do this is obviously inseparable from Howard Hughes himself. After all, the other party actually bought a ship for filming.

For a good movie, the setting of the scene is one thing. What can really impress the audience comes from the core of the movie, which is the plot.

This point, as a classic work that will remain classic for decades to come, "Titanic" obviously did this.

With the buzzing sound of the Titanic in the film, the audience also seems to follow Leslie Howard's Jack into this luxury cruise ship, and accompany him on a thrilling but fleeting journey.

"Oh no……"

"Why, Jack, why Ruth."

"OMG, run, run Ruth, run Jack."

Everyone knows that the Titanic is destined to sink in the movie, especially after Colin and Howard Hughes' promotion in New York Harbor, this has become the consensus of every movie audience.

However, when the movie really came to this scene, many viewers still couldn't help but exclaimed. They clenched their hands and worried about the hero and heroine in the movie.

"Winning the boat ticket... is the luckiest thing in my life. Let me know you. It's an honor to meet you. It's a great honor. You must help me, promise me to live, promise me, you will not give up... no matter what happens Whatever it is, no matter what the circumstances are... Ruth, promise me, don't forget..."

The movie, which lasted more than two hours, soon came to the final curtain. When the so-called unsinkable Titanic hit the iceberg, many audiences in the movie theater had the illusion of waking up from a dream. .

When they saw that Jack gave Ruth the only chance of survival, there were faint sobs in the movie theater.

"You're going to make it out, you're going to live and have lots of kids and watch them grow up, and you're going to die in your old age, in a warm bed, not here tonight, not dying like this."

When Jack said this in the movie, some emotional audience couldn't help but cry out in grief.

Because of the promotional activities of Messenger Films, nearly half of the audience in the movie theater are women, and the unswerving love in the movie "Titanic" naturally made them more affected.

"...I don't even have a picture of him, he only lives in my memory."

At the end of the movie, when the elderly Ruth appeared, the sadness and regret seemed to erupt completely at this moment, not only the female audience in the movie theater, but Colin noticed that the eyes of many male audiences were also slightly reddened uncontrollably stand up.

The final curtain of the film is in a dream of old Ruth. A long shot passes through the lobby and shakes up the stairs. Jack turns around and reaches out to grab Ruth. They kiss amidst cheers, and everything seems like yesterday.

The movie is over.

A scrolling subtitle sheet begins to appear.

However, the audience in the theater was still immersed in the final scene of the movie, unable to recover for a long time.

Different from the release time of the original "Titanic", the "Titanic" filmed by Howard Hughes is actually only less than 20 years away from the sinking of the real ship. For many people, it even happened not long ago. Therefore, the plot in the movie made them feel more substituting, as if there really was such an epic love story that happened on the Titanic.

In fact, it is.

The story of Jack and Rose began to circulate the day after the release of the Titanic movie.

The details of the sinking of the Titanic in the radio programs were rushed to report, and some tabloids even vowed to have found the prototype of Ruth in the movie, and even claimed to go to the original sinking site to salvage the movie. Heart of the Ocean.

These deliberately released and circulated news also contributed to the box office of "Titanic" to a certain extent, making the movie theater industry that was silent due to the Great Depression attract rare prosperity during this period.

In terms of box office, the trend of "Titanic" is also quite gratifying or violent. It has exceeded 200 million in less than a week after its release, and the trend of the box office has not shown any sign of decline after that. Conservative It is estimated that breaking 500 million is a definite fact.

You know, during the Great Depression, a movie with a box office of over one million was enough to become a box office champion, and the box office of "Titanic" obviously would not stop at just 500 million.

In fact, this is also the case. In the following days, the box office of "Titanic" seemed to grow without stopping. It broke through the ceiling of tens of millions in the exclamation of Hollywood and became the first tens of millions in the history of Hollywood movies. movie of.And all of this is just the box office results in the United States. With the enthusiastic response of the film, the frenzy of the big boat quickly swept the whole of Europe.

The Titanic, as a world-class disaster event, itself has a huge topicality.

And the movies shot with this accident as the background are naturally attractive to the audience.

Through the relationship of "Titanic", Ke Lin's Messenger Film Company has also successfully opened up the international film market mainly in Europe, which is one of the reasons why he actively promotes the release of "Titanic". , the success of "Titanic", although it cannot gain substantial influence like director Howard Hughes or starring Katharine Hepburn.

However, through the film's release, Ke Lin also successfully allowed the acquired Messenger Film Company to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood. At the same time, the international film market he opened up can also save him from unnecessary troubles in his later plan to promote Superman movies.

After all, if you want to collect enough [faith], movies are one of the roads you can't avoid anyway.

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"Keep you waiting, Ms. Maureen O'Sullivan."

West 52nd Street, inside the 21st restaurant.

Colin took off his hat and greeted Maureen O'Sullivan in the restaurant.

"No, Mr. Colin Luper, I have only just arrived."

Facing Colin's greeting, Maureen O'Sullivan got up a little cautiously and replied.

Maureen O'Sullivan became famous in Hollywood because of her nod to "Tarzan". She is a famous actress, but she didn't seem to dare to pose as an actress in front of Colin. After all, Hollywood actors and producers in this period The studios are highly tied together, and the studio that Maureen O'Sullivan signed is precisely Fox Films, the predecessor of Messenger Films.

In other words, today's Maureen O'Sullivan is actually one of Ke Lin's actors.

"Don't be too nervous, Ms. O'Sullivan."

After opening his mouth to appease the actress in front of him, Colin gestured to the waiter in the restaurant, who then opened the menu that had been prepared a long time ago.

With the lifting of the Prohibition, Restaurant No. 21 has also changed from the former underground wine cellar to a legal restaurant. At the same time, because of the habits left over from the Prohibition period, many diners still retain the habit of dining and meeting here. The underground wine cellar has also been transformed into a wine cellar dedicated to placing customers' wine.

Colin's kind attitude obviously eased Maureen O'Sullivan's original nervousness a little.

Looking up at Colin in front of her, it was difficult for Maureen O'Sullivan to associate him with the all-powerful newspaper tycoon or Hollywood tycoon from the appearance alone.

While Maureen O'Sullivan was observing Colin, Colin was also looking at him.

From the appearance alone, Maureen O'Sullivan is obviously more in line with his aesthetics than Katharine Hepburn. Unfortunately, he already has an idea for the heroine of "Superman", otherwise he can invite her to play the role of Louise .

In fact, the actor who played Louise is also inseparable from the Maureen O'Sullivan in front of her.

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[Contact a special distorted time node, collect a large number of time fragments × 300]

[Contact a special distorted time node, collect a large number of time fragments × 200]

[Golden Seal (8450/10000)]

"almost……"

In the dark dimension, dodging Dormammu's waving arm again, Colin couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief as he watched the [Time Shards] appearing in front of him.

As the ruler of the entire dark dimension, Dormammu's power in this world has almost no weaknesses. It is impossible for Colin to contend with him in battle. Even if it weren't for the [Man of Steel] ], he couldn't even survive in the dark dimension for too long.

Fortunately, the away game was not without gains. After several fights with Dormammu, he also gained the key [Time Fragments].

Therefore, when he realized that it was getting more and more difficult to obtain [Time Fragments] from Dormammu, Colin gradually planned to leave.

After all, as time goes by, it will become more and more unfavorable for him, especially considering that in the purple dimension, Colin's ability to erase the timeline through the time gem fragments is not completely unlimited. If the dimension stays for too long, it will make this timeline survive completely, and even affect the split self on other timelines.

Thinking of this, Colin immediately stopped hesitating.

Through the transmission of this idea, Colin in the purple dimension world also decisively activated the ability of gem fragments.

"It's time to say goodbye, Dormammu."

In the dark dimension, with the activation of the gem's ability, Colin immediately stopped his evasion and said to Dormammu, who was as huge as a planet in front of him.

"If we can meet again next time."

Time is an invisible force, but in the weird dark dimensional world, it shrouds Colin with a familiar green light.

"What, no, I won't allow this to happen!"

Seeing the familiar power erupting from Colin's body, the flames in Dormammu's head began to spew out uncontrollably. It stretched out its palm in an attempt to prevent the activation of the Time Gem Fragment's ability, but before it could catch it, Colin who lives in front of him, the whole world is erased together with the timeline.

"Do not……"

As the timeline dissipated, only Dormammu's angry roar echoed throughout the dark dimension.