Rebirth in America

The Easter egg prepared by Alex is a musical story presented in the style of MTV. It tells the story of the baroness recalling her past with the colonel when she left Austria. The background music was "Bressanone" by Matthew Lane, but now it has been changed to "Salzburg", which is a very sad English song.

In the pre-MTV part of the Baroness' reminiscence, the Baroness used color film to watch the wedding clip from a distance, while the recollection part used black and white film.

The MTV Easter egg about the Baroness' love soon sparked a big debate among people. Many people felt the same way, so they firmly stood on the side of the Baroness. They feel that this is the real world, and only after adding this paragraph can the story seem real.

Some people are strongly opposed, thinking that Alex has played with people's emotions in this movie. It makes people mistakenly think that this is a comedy, and then ruthlessly throws people into tragedy.

People on both sides held their own opinions and refused to give in to each other. They argued endlessly in newspapers and TV programs.

"The Times" commented: "Alex spent 174 minutes telling a happy love story, and then used 6 minutes to turn it into a sad love story."

"The Washington Post" commented: "Bergman should also be the protagonist in the movie, and her outstanding performance should win her the best actress award."

"ABC" said in the program: "This is the real world! I only see new people laughing, but don't hear old people crying!"

"Chicago Tribune" commented: "A shocking reversal. In the last 6 minutes, Alex negated everything that was good before. Maria is a hateful third party!"

The fierce debate made more people go to the cinema to watch "The Sound of Music". They wanted to see what was going on. This group of people would not be attracted to the cinema originally, but when too many people are arguing about one thing, more people will want to know about it. Especially since the movie has good reviews and it's really good to watch.

When these people walk out of the cinema, they will bring more people in to watch. Faced with this situation, both Alex and Morris laughed so hard that they couldn't keep their mouths shut, and the box office continued to rise, with no sign of decline.

It was just that things seemed to be getting out of hand. The controversy caused by the newspapers began to expand and involve Maria and her children who were touring everywhere. Many reporters chased them to ask about the facts of the year.

Some small newspapers took advantage of the situation and began to write random stories, saying that Sister Maria succeeded in taking the position after squeezing out the Baroness. Many people mistakenly believe that the Baroness is real. Some newspapers also began to attack Maria in real life, thinking that she ruined the happiness of others.

Alex had to come forward to clarify that the Baroness character did not really exist.

"This is a fictional character of mine. There is no such person as the Baroness." Alex said when facing reporters.

"Excuse me, did you write the song "Salzburg"? Why is it so touching? Did you fall in love with that girl while filming the movie?" Some reporters asked.

Alex replied naturally: "I wrote it while sitting on the train when I left Salzburg. At that time, I happened to be falling asleep. In my sleep, I seemed to hear the bells of the monastery, and it was still vaguely I heard music. So after I woke up, I immediately wrote down this piece of music.”

The reporter listened to Alex's nonsense and wrote straight: "The genius Alex composes music in his dreams to be passed down to the world!"

Soon, this song spread immediately, and this sad song was heard in many places. Its melody is so beautiful and its emotion is so sad that people can't help but listen to it.

Alex has recorded many songs since filming this musical film. Among the films, there are "The Sound of Music", "The Lonely Shepherd", "Edelweiss", "Doremi", "Good Night, Goodbye!" ” and so on were all recorded. Once these records were released, they were sold out immediately. It was marketed as a record set and quickly sold three million units, each containing a total of six records, priced at a whopping $12.

After a Broadway producer saw the movie "The Sound of Music", he felt that it was a musical that could be put on the stage immediately, and it was an excellent musical. So he immediately approached DreamWorks and asked for the rights to adapt it into a musical. Alex agreed, and soon it was performing at the Rudd-Fontern Theater on Broadway in New York. The play had already sold $2 million in theater tickets before it even opened.

In the end, "The Sound of Music" performed on Broadway for a total of 1,443 times and won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical!

Three additional songs written by Alex during the filming of the movie were also recorded on the album. These three songs are "HEY, SOULSISTER", "Love You Too Hard to Say" (More Than I Can Say), and "Salzburg" . At Mark's suggestion, the three songs were split and paired with three songs written by Richard.

Mark praised: "These three songs, each taken individually, can be used as the main song and can be on the list. Alex, you really broke out this time!"

In order not to compete with itself, Carpenter Records also plans to extend the time to market to give the market a buffer. Alex rejected their suggestion. He believes that either we should make it bigger, don’t drag it out, and roll it out bit by bit.

Under the regretful eyes of the marketing department, these three newly recorded albums were released together. They believed that now the three records would influence each other and sales would not be very high.

However, the facts denied their conjecture. The market's response to these three records was crazy, and they were snapped up as soon as they arrived in many record stores. They produced day and night, pressing more records continuously, but there was still no way to quench the market's hunger. Faced with this situation, the people at Carpenter Records knew that the bonuses this year would definitely not be less.

Those affected by these records are other companies, whose record sales have been severely suppressed and cannot be sold at all. There are already many bands trying to figure out the singing style of the Carpenter brothers, especially Alex's style. They also want to learn something from it.

It's just that Alex's song styles are erratic, but each style can find a large number of users in the market, and his user group is getting bigger and bigger, growing rapidly like a snowball. At this time, the Carpenter Brothers were already a very famous brand and guaranteed that as long as they released records, they would not fail to sell.

Even if the Carpenter brothers' songs are sometimes hard to get used to, after listening to them a few times, you will become their die-hard fans.

No matter how well the record sells, it can't compare to the revenue brought by the movie "The Sound of Music." The North American box office was quickly calculated, and the movie turned out to be as high as 248.67 million U.S. dollars! That's $50 million higher than the $198.67 million box office of 1932's "Gone with the Wind" (Gone with the Wind)!

The box office record of "Gone with the Wind" has been maintained for many years. Even if inflation and price increases are not taken into account, it has always been the box office record champion. Until now, this record has been broken by "The Sound of Music".

Once this data was compiled, it immediately became the headlines of various news outlets.

"The box office record of "Gone with the Wind" was broken, and the box office of "The Sound of Music" reached US$248.67 million!"

"The talented young director Alex has created a miracle, his first film he directed topped the box office!"

"The richest kid in the world, Alex has become a billionaire!"

"DreamWorks dug up a big gold mine and earned over 100 million US dollars from a million investment!"

Faced with such a high box office, Alex was also surprised. He knew that the original box office of "The Sound of Music" was 158.67 million, and it was precisely because of such a high box office that he chose to make this movie. However, what he didn't expect was that the movie he copied would actually cost $90 million more than the original. This is just the North American box office.

In this era, overseas box office statistics are confusing, and there is no such thing as global box office statistics. Because there are far fewer screening countries, and the currency exchange rate conversion is too complex, it is difficult to calculate.

However, according to speculation, the overseas box office should be about twice as high as the North American box office. In other words, the total box office of this movie may reach 600 million. Even if Alex doesn't get all the box office money, he can still get 200 to 300 million. This is a long-term process, but the advantage is more money.

There were not as many U.S. dollars in this era as there were in later generations, nor were they devalued as much. At this time, one hundred thousand dollars can buy a very good house, and one million dollars can lead a very wealthy life. UU Reading www. ukanshu.net A person with tens of millions of dollars is already a rich person, and a person with hundreds of millions of dollars can already touch the edge of the upper class society. As for the top society, it may require tens of billions or even hundreds of billions to qualify.

The so-called top society should be people like Rockefeller, Morgan, and DuPont. It is they who control American society through their consortiums. In the United States, a person's wealth is a symbol of that person's status. As a new billionaire, Alex was a little worried that so much wealth would bring not only status but also countless troubles.

Now, whenever Alex appears in public, he is immediately surrounded by people. They all want to see what kind of kid can make hundreds of millions of dollars from just one movie.

For safety reasons, Bart assigned Alex a bodyguard. Let these people follow Alex 24 hours a day for personal protection. This annoyed Alex very much. He didn't want someone to stand guard outside the door when he went to the toilet. However, he knew that this was for his safety and had to be done.

"Grandma's fault! If I had known earlier, I would have chosen a movie with a lower box office. It's better this time. I don't have any personal freedom anymore." Alex thought angrily. He was thinking about how to get out of the current predicament. The best way was to do nothing and go home and count money in bed. Once the limelight has passed, he can relax a little.

PS: I just got home today, and there are no chapters sent regularly. I just turned on the computer and uploaded the new chapters. After being outside for seven days, almost nothing was coded. It's better to stay at home. Besides, today is the birthday of the homely cat! Well, yes birthday!