Made in Hollywood

"In terms of phone bookings and online ticket bookings, it fell short of our expectations."

In the hotel lounge, Tina Fey, who had just arrived from Los Angeles, sat next to Duke, frowning slightly and said, "The time when the Hathaway incident broke out is when the peak pre-sale tickets arrive."

Duke nodded lightly. A week before the release of the film, the pre-sale of movie tickets often peaked. Anne Hathaway made a scandal at this moment. For some mentally clean-obsessed parents, especially many parents in the United States , "Batman: Hour of War" will naturally be eliminated from the preferred target.

"So far, the pre-sale for the film has been around $20.1 million," Tina Fey continued, "there's still a gap to Warner Bros.'s $25 million forecast, and the growth rate of ticket bookings has slowed down significantly, to the end of the Before the screening, this goal will definitely not be achieved.”

Looking at his watch, Duke stood up, "Let's go."

The two left the lounge, passed through a closed corridor, and entered the back of a press conference room. Duke nodded to lawyer Al Ryder and Panney Kelly, and then stood here listening to the news. Listen to the sound of the press conference.

This is a press conference called by the crew and Warner Bros. specifically for Anne Hathaway.

Anne Hathaway was released on bail by Warner Bros. and Al Ryder lawyers after just 48 hours in the FBI's Chicago branch. The actress isn't too stupid, she knows it's about ruin At critical moments, actively cooperate with various public relations work and strive to reshape their image.

In fact, at this time, the best way is to pretend to be a white lotus.

The public relations work of the crew and Warner Bros. is also working hard in this direction, after all, it is related to the market response of "Batman: War Hour". As long as the film ends, whether Anne Hathaway is a white lotus or a green tea cake has nothing to do with them.

"The decision to break up with Rafi was heart-wrenching, but I didn't think the person I loved would cheat on me like that."

Anne Hathaway's choked voice came from the front, "Deception is the most unbearable thing for me, especially when he used me to make money..."

separated by a barrier. Duke and the others could clearly hear Anne Hathaway crying.

Then, her agent said that when Anne Hathaway was busy at work, her boyfriend would flirt with other women from time to time, including some beautiful models. The superposition of old and new problems made Anne decide to break up. , originally Anne? Hathaway has lived on the east coast of the United States. I didn't go to Hollywood, just to be able to accompany my boyfriend...

In short, it is to try to shape Anne Hathaway in the direction of victims and poor people.

Standing in the back, Duke looked calm, as the world is. In fact, it is not difficult for a clear-headed person to find that the public image of a star is just an image.

Don't say anyone else, just say Anne Hathaway. Because of this incident, Duke and Warner Bros. have both launched an investigation into her. If you want to develop targeted PR measures, you must have some understanding of what the other party is doing.

Anne Hathaway was indeed a victim, but not necessarily an innocent.

She can be released on bail. In addition to the involvement of Duke and Warner Bros., he also actively cooperated with the FBI.

A luxury apartment in New York, several famous brand watches and precious jewels worth millions, which Anne Hathaway voluntarily handed over to the FBI, all of which were donated by Rafael Fleury .

In addition, during their relationship, Anne Hathaway enjoyed various mansions, yachts, private jets and countless precious gifts. It is not so much that she was dazzled by love, but rather confused by money.

The current Anne Hathaway is not in the future. She is still famous, but after being abandoned by Disney, her career has fallen into a low ebb. Even when "Princess Diaries" is the most popular, her income will not be very high. The squeezing of youth idols is well known to all Hollywood people.

Just listening to the sound, Anne Hathaway in the front must be crying, but Duke is thinking about whether to replace her in the second part if she can't change her image.

Strictly speaking, Anne Hathaway was a victim, but it was not about business.

What Duke makes is a commercial movie. Everything is based on commercial interests. An actor who can't bring money is useless to him.

The press conference ended in a mess, Duke and Panney Kelly and others returned to the lounge. A few minutes later, Anne Hathaway and her agent Brian walked in.

Wiping her red eyes with a tissue, Anne Hathaway walked up to Duke, "Thank you, Duke. I'm sorry..."

Duke interrupted her by raising his hand, saying, "Watch your words and deeds during the movie release."

"I promise, I will." Anne Hathaway is very clear that the crew is her biggest support now.

Not only the press conference, Duke's navy is also building up momentum on the Internet. For the sake of the film, they try to help Anne Hathaway whitewash as much as possible, but the Internet is an open media, and they want to completely reverse a star who has made a scandal. The image is not easy. For Anne Hathaway's views, the Internet is divided into three types.

One is that Anne Hathaway is just a victim of love's blindfolded eyes.

The second is the passers-by who are purely onlookers. They don't care what kind of person Anne Hathaway is.

The third is to criticize the abusers. Like the first type, there is also a lot of navy in them. Especially after the press conference, they accused Anne Hathaway of 'fake', 'pretend', and 'make'. The kind of typical female star with different appearances.

In any case, Anne Hathaway, who cried into a white lotus flower, saved some image points for herself after the press conference, but it is impossible to completely eliminate the impact.

And it's not just the Internet. Traditional media, such as News Corporation's tabloids and Walt Disney-controlled media, are firmly criticizing and attacking Anne Heather during the upcoming release of "Batman: War Hour." Wei, and kept mentioning her new movie starring.

Affected by this, after the press conference, although the box office pre-sale of "Batman: War Hour" has increased, there is still a certain gap from Warner Bros.'s original expected numbers.

"Twentieth Century Fox and Walt Disney's media are biting us."

Hearing Tina Fey's words, Duke stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking at the night view of Chicago, and said, "I made a mistake, Tina."

Tina Fey looked at him curiously. It was rare for Duke to admit his mistake.

"I was confused by something." Duke sighed softly, "I underestimate the enemy."

Although he will not underestimate any opponent, when the competitors are films such as "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Air Combat Heroes", Duke's heart is inevitably slack, although he does not take it for granted that he will definitely win. , but did not pay enough attention.

Obviously, the continuous success has caused a slight change in his psychology.

Even if his mind is clear and calm enough, he is an ordinary person after all.

Realizing this, though, Duke knew how to adjust himself, which in some ways wasn't entirely a bad thing, but a wake-up call for him.

Walking slowly to Duke, Tina Fey suddenly said, "By the way, I haven't had time to tell you that Warner Bros. just called and David Ellison wants to attend the premiere of the film."

"He?" Duke raised his eyebrows slightly.

Even if he didn't investigate carefully, Duke knew that behind this incident, he and Michael Ovitz must be the shadows. Many media are still hyping Anne Hathaway and "Batman: War Hour". The negative news is that it has obviously received a large amount of sponsorship.

Duke's mouth twitched slightly, "Send him a formal invitation."

Since David Ellison wants to come, let him come. To the extent that it is now, let alone David Ellison, even if his father comes, Duke will not care.

Duke was preparing for the premiere of "Batman: Hour of War". Under the night sky of Los Angeles, Ivanka Trump walked into a cafe in Burbank unhurriedly. Under the leadership, they came to a booth.

"Hello, Erin."

"Hello, Ivanka."

The two greeted each other, Ivanka Trump sat opposite Erin Lauder, ordered a random cup of coffee, and asked directly, "Are you going to Chicago?"

The other side is Duke? Rosenberg's good friend, the friendship between each other can be compared with Sofia? Coppola, she is well aware of this.

"What about you?" Irene Lauder asked, looking at her.

Ivanka Trump was silent for a moment, then said firmly, "I'm not going."

"I wanted to invite you for company."

Erin Lauder sighed lightly, this was her purpose to ask Ivanka Trump to come out, but hearing this tone, she knew that her purpose was going to fail.

"Between me and Duke..." Ivanka shook her head.

The problem between them is not as simple as Scarlett Johansson. It has become a collision between two families and even a capital group.

She didn't continue speaking, took out a box and pushed it in front of Erin Lauder, "Can you do me a little favor? Return this to Duke."

Erin Lauder stared at Ivanka for a while, and finally nodded slightly.

Seeing Erin put away the gift box, Ivanka Trump stood up, "Thank you, Erin."

"You're welcome." Erin Lauder smiled slightly.

Ivanka Trump said another polite remark and left the cafe without looking back. (To be continued ~^~)