Chatty Hollywood

Chapter 825: I confess

Because of the new technology of magic combined with 3D special effects used by Charlotte in "Inception", many viewers chose to watch the iMax version directly after hearing that the iMax version has the impressive 3D effect.

You know, the movie ticket of the iMax version is twice as expensive as the regular version!

——In the current era when iMax large screens and 3D movies have not been popularized, this is actually a very natural thing.

And this double-expensive iMax version of the movie ticket, but it suddenly piled up the first day box office of "Inception", so that it suddenly reached a level that the sequel of many popular commercial blockbusters could not reach. .

What's more, after watching the ordinary 2D version, many viewers heard about the magic of the iMax version and contributed another iMax movie ticket...

"If it weren't for the fact that the iMax big screens are too scarce in the theaters now, and many places are not visible at all, and the first day of "Inception" can increase the box office by tens of millions-maybe close to 100 million US dollars! ?"

Charles Rowan thought with some regret, then shook his head again.

"How can it be possible to make 100 million US dollars a day? However, the stock of iMax, thanks to the momentum of the 3D effect of Yiguoyan in "Inception", is definitely going to rise by a big wave..."

*******

The fact is just as Charles Rowan guessed--

As soon as "Inception" premiered, iMax's stock immediately began to rise.

——Of course, according to Americans’ visual taste, the upward curve is green.

Environmental protection, giving people a sense of security...

Anyway, Jelock, CEO of iMax, sees this green rising line, and he feels that his eyes are bright.

Jelock felt that Charlotte Booth, a director who likes to use new technology, was able to be on the board of iMax, especially when he was the CEO. It was really a great fortune...

Of course, as the largest shareholder of iMax, Charlotte is also very pleased with the company's stock price rise.

——Who would think that he has too much money?

For this reason, Charlotte decided to reward herself and buy a private jet.

After all, as a film director, it is inevitable to run around the world. It will definitely be more comfortable to have a plane that takes off at any time according to your needs.

Although Charlotte can cross space directly in some places because of spells and ghost ships, the number of places on this side is extremely limited.

To go to other places, Charlotte still needs to fly.

What's more, using magic to cross space does not carry too many things. In a sense, it can even be said to be smuggling.

For this kind of thing, it's okay to do an emergency occasionally, or secretly use another identity-such as the "psychic master" Patrick Jane-to do things that are not very visible.

If he always does this with his true identity, sooner or later the problem will be discovered.

-You know, North America, where he is located, is the place with the most spy intelligence organizations in the world.

FBI, CIA, NSA...Any combination of several English letters may be the abbreviations of spy intelligence organizations that exist in North America.

Although, until now, organizations such as the FBI are no longer purely intelligence organizations, but integrated law enforcement agencies. But to say that there is no person in charge of intelligence and monitoring, Charlotte does not believe it.

In particular, because of the political structure of checks and balances, the law enforcement power in the United States is extremely fragmented.

The police in each state don’t say, like the Federal Revenue Service has its own army and courts, the Food and Drug Administration has its own law enforcement agents...

Not to mention, it is already 2003, and the infamous "prism" system may already be in operation before Charlotte crosses...

Anyway, even from this perspective, Charlotte feels that she needs a private jet.

What's more, with a private jet, in addition to being compelling and convenient, you can also get some special enjoyment——

At an altitude of 12,000 meters or something, the bathroom of an ordinary airplane is after all too small...

However, even so, Charlotte still enjoys not only the convenience of a private jet for the time being.

——This kind of privately-made gadget, even if you pay, it doesn’t take a year or a half to complete it.

At present, Charlotte can only move as usual with regard to the propaganda activities of Inception.

After all, even if Charlotte is very confident about such a large commercial project as Inception, in order to earn more box office, it must carry out intensive publicity.

——In business, there is no saying that good wine is not afraid of deep alleys.

In fact, Charlotte and Charlize just took a day off on the day of the movie's premiere, and they quickly rushed around to promote them.

——Who made them the leading actor and actress and director?

*****

"Congratulations, Mr. Director, the local box office of Inception has exceeded 200 million U.S. dollars!"

In the publicity scene of "Inception" in New York, Long Island girl Natalie Portman congratulated Charlotte with admiration.

"It's hard to imagine this kind of results in less than five days after the movie was released!"

Although it was a deliberate compliment, to a certain extent, this can also be said to be what Natalie said in her heart.

After all, it was a matter of breaking 100 million in two days and 200 million in a week. Although Charlotte had done it before, it was after all a sequel to the hit work of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Gathering Soul Coffin".

And "Inception" is indeed an original film that is completely original, and it doesn't even have an IP adapted. It is 100% pure original.

——This kind of movie can have such results, but Natalie is really impressed.

In particular, so far, the audience and professional reputation of Inception is very good, and the IMDB score is still maintained at around 9.3. Although the daily box office results are very scary, but on the overall trend curve, it is very stable.

——This means that the high-income status of "Inception" may be maintained for a long time.

——According to the current daily box office of "Inception", the overall box office revenue is terrible.

Under this circumstance, even Natalie Portman, a literary girl who does not look down on commercial films so much, has to pay her respects to Charlotte, the creator of Inception.

Of course, this is largely due to the fact that Charlotte’s next two movies-"Winning Blackjack" and "Now You See Me" both chose Natalie Portman as the heroine, which is related to the future. It’s very important to have a good relationship with your boss.

——Natalie Portman, who is becoming less and less "Matilda" as she gets older, is still very shrewd in this regard.

"Speaking of it, the premiere of "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" seems to be the day after tomorrow. The location is in New York, right?"

After chatting with Natalie for a few moments, Charlotte asked smoothly.

"Yes."

Natalie nodded.

As for this, Natalie is quite clear as a local snake in New York.

In fact, she will also go to the premiere of "The Matrix 2" the day after tomorrow.

It's just that now Director Charlotte asks...

"Don't think too much, Natan!"

Charlotte saw at a glance that the psychology girl in front of her was thinking again.

"I just received an invitation from Keanu Reeves, planning to participate in the premiere of The Matrix 2."

"I see!"

Natalie Portman nodded, saying nothing more.

*****

"It seems that this Matilda is really smart!"

In the evening, in the Long Island hotel, Charlize snuggled in Charlotte’s arms, commenting on this Jewish girl who was 6 years younger than herself.

"I have only heard people say that she has a deep mind. Seeing her complimenting you today is truly a well-deserved reputation!"

"How many girls who can make their heads in Hollywood have no intentions?"

Charlotte shook her head disapprovingly, then glanced at Charlize again.

"What do you mean, Sally?"

"Are you alluding to me?"

Charlize gave Charlotte a cute look.

"But in the face of such a big liar like you who often can't even believe the punctuation marks, if I don't have a little scheming, won't I be eaten to death?"

"Although I am still being eaten to death..."

Charlize thought depressedly,

"But I can probably figure out your routine!"

However, Charlotte’s next words were once again completely out of her expectations——

"Sally, you have already guessed that I am not from this world, right?"

"this……"

Charlize froze for a moment, but then smiled relaxedly.

"So, are you finally willing to tell me? — Yes, I probably guessed it before."

"After all, when I filmed "Twelve Monkeys" years ago, you hinted to me that you, like the character played by Bruce Willis, are from the future!"

"——At the time, I didn't believe it. However, the subsequent events, one by one, seemed to prove to me what you said at that time."

"So, by now, I have long believed that you are someone from the future, or at least someone who knows the future!"

Having said that, Charlize looked at Charlotte curiously.

"So, is this thing like magic actually a product of a very high-level development of future technology?"

"...This is not."

Charlotte smiled bitterly and stroked his nose.

"The future I come from is not that far away. And things like magic are in the category of occult after all. At least in my understanding, I can't explain it with science."

"Then where did you learn these weird skills?"

"Well... Sally, do you want to hear a story?"

With that said, Charlotte told Charlize about her "past" or "future"...

*******

"So, the one who taught you the spell is actually a ghost?"

After listening to Charlotte’s "story", Charlize suddenly realized.

"In the end, in order to prevent himself from becoming a harmful ghost over time, he specially borrowed your magic power to let you get rid of him?"

"No wonder you have been reluctant to say how you learned the art. You still don't catch a cold when the Lord of Hell tempts you to transform into a ghost?"

Charlize nodded.

"Now I finally understand what's going on!"

"Then what?"

Charlotte asked carefully.

"Don't you feel scared or have other ideas?"

"No~www.readwn.com~ Without even thinking about it, Charlize shook his head directly.

"I just think it's interesting to have a future husband as a husband-and since the day you met me, you have been you, right?"

"Yes."

Charlotte understood the meaning of his wife's words, and he nodded heavily.

"Then it's okay!"

Charlize smiled like a flower,

"Now that you have finished telling your story, let's start our routine work after telling the story!"