Dreams of the Fragrant River

United States, Blizzard Games. Liewen Δ

Frank Pierce packed his things and was about to leave. Seeing that the computer in the inner office was still on, he knocked on the door and said, "Hey, Mike, Allen, it's Christmas Eve tonight, you won't have to work overtime, will you?"

"Of course not, we just saw a funny thing on the Internet." Mike Molheim laughed.

"What?" Frank Pierce immediately ran in to watch.

Alan Adhan pointed to the computer and said: "Oriental Charm has launched a game channel. Our "Warcraft 2" score is very high, with a score of 9.2, temporarily ranking first in the computer game category."

Frank Pierce looked at it for a long time and asked, "Is it the editor's choice? We don't pay advertising fees."

"No, it's all the comprehensive scores of netizens." Mike Molheim said.

Frank Pierce laughed: "It seems that this website is fair, there is no behind-the-scenes operation."

The three founders of Blizzard games, after browsing the game channel of Oriental Charm.com, packed up and turned off the computer and left.

Frank Pierce asked: "Do you have a show tonight? Why don't you go to the bar and relax."

Alan Adhan said: "I have a girlfriend to see a movie, you guys go."

These words immediately attracted the middle fingers of two single dogs.

"Haha, I haven't forgotten about you," Ellen Adhan smiled. "Jenny will bring two colleagues with you. They are all hot girls. Don't miss this opportunity."

"Oh, Alan, I'm in love with you now." Frank was excited to hug each other.

"Go away, I'm not gay." Allen kicked him away.

Mike shrugged, it didn't matter. The three of them are barely considered young and rich, and naturally they don't have to worry about finding a girlfriend. The reason for being single is just because they are too homely.

The three of them drove the car to pick up the girl, and after the group dinner, they temporarily formed three couples to go to the cinema.

Allen asked his girlfriend Jenny: "What movie do you want to see?"

"I heard Jumanji was great," Jenny replied.

Another girl named Maria said: "I saw that movie last week, let's switch to another one."

"Oh, it's Tom Cruise, let's watch "Resident Evil"." The third girl strongly suggested.

I have to say that although the salary of a Hollywood superstar is very expensive, it is definitely worth the price, and the box office appeal is there.

Mike frowned and said, "This movie looks familiar, where have I seen it?"

Allen smiled and said, "The banner advertisement on the Oriental Charm website has been hanging for half a month."

Mike slapped his head: "Yes, yes, as soon as I open the webpage these days, I can see the advertisement of "Resident Evil"."

"Then watch this movie, the first movie advertised on the Internet, we can't miss it." Frank laughed.

So it was such a friendly decision, and "Resident Evil" sold 6 more movie tickets in North America.

It didn't take long for Mike Molheim to sit in the screening room. The girl he got was really not to his taste. I won't say anything about being a fan of Tom Cruise. As soon as I sit down, I eat popcorn and talk about cosmetics and beauty.

This kind of woman is so boring, Mike Molheim didn't even bother to answer, just stared at the big screen and waited for the movie to start.

Fortunately, the movie did not disappoint him. Mike opened his mouth wide when he saw the zombies appearing: "Wumai, the zombies are really interesting, and the screenwriter is an imaginative genius."

After watching the movie, only the fan girl was very upset. Her idol Tom Cruise had too little role in the movie, and the real protagonist was actually an Asian woman.

"Why are there so many Asian faces in this film?"

"Dude, didn't you notice? This is an Asian movie, I'm going to say it's a Hong Kong movie."

"Really? I thought it was an Indian film."

"The heroine is really beautiful, she should be mixed race."

"..."

After several people left the cinema, they were still discussing enthusiastically. Whether it is a large number of white actors, English dialogue, or Li Jiaxin's mixed-race appearance, they all dissolve the cultural gap between the East and the West, making it easy for American audiences to accept this film.

Coupled with the 25oo block screen high-level film, Tom Cruise's appeal, and Paramount's strong publicity, "Resident Evil" in North America's weekend (3 days) box office reached 1.8oo million US dollars, effortlessly Be the weekly box office champion.

Of course, another reason is the foil of peers. There aren't many good movies this Christmas, just a "Jumanji" is quite good, but this movie has been released for ten days, and it has long passed the peak of the box office.

There are no tigers in the mountains, monkeys are kings. In this way, "Resident Evil" stood out from a group of weak chickens, dominated the North American Christmas file in 1995, and won the box office championship for three consecutive weeks.

According to this momentum, it is certain that the North American box office will exceed 100 million, and it will depend on whether it can break the 150 million mark.

Fresh stuff always gets good reviews. The Hollywood Reporter commented: "A high-quality sci-fi commercial film, the concept of zombies is very creative, and Kang can always bring us new stuff."

"Variety" commented: ""Resident Evil" has brought too many surprises to the audience, but the biggest surprise is still at the end of the film. The hero and heroine escaped from the ground after hardships, but what they faced was a more terrifying beginning. Yes, this is just the beginning."

"Christian Monitor": "The human heart is always more terrifying than monsters~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Zombies come from human greed, and in the process of escape, human nature is a monster that is more difficult to deal with than zombies."

The New York Times: "Standard popcorn movie, but it's really fun."

The American people love zombies very much. After "Resident Evil", various movies and TV series about zombies appeared in the original time and space. "The Walking Dead" even took several seasons.

When the box office of "Resident Evil" in Hong Kong broke 3,000,000 Hong Kong dollars, the box office in North America has reached nearly 100 million US dollars, and it even skyrocketed again on New Year's Day.

In the past, the rebellious young people in the United States liked to dress themselves up as vampires or werewolves. Now they finally have a choice. During an underground rock gig during the New Year, a certain heavy metal band dressed up as zombies, attracting bursts of screams from fans.

The three founders of Blizzard, Ellen, Mike and Frank, originally thought that "Resident Evil" had nothing to do with them. As a result, the film has not yet been released in theaters, and Japan and Sega Games and Paramount Pictures suddenly came to the door, saying that they wanted to invest in Blizzard Games and bring the game copyright of "Resident Evil".

(To be continued.)