Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

The week before Christmas, the war for Christmas slots in various theaters begins.

And "Home Alone", which has been ridiculed by everyone, has also begun to be released in theaters cooperating with Universal Pictures.

Thanks to Longmeyer's efforts, "Home Alone" received 2,000 screens at its premiere. After learning the news, many people thought Longmeyer was simply crazy.

Knowing that this is a big bad movie and giving it so much screen time, everyone said that Longmeyer must have made this decision when he was drunk, otherwise he was given to him by Lin Daoqiu.

Kidnapped.

When Dawson, the talk show host from the last time, learned that "Home Alone" had received 2,000 screens for its premiere, he started mocking it again on TV.

"I don't know what Longmeyer thinks, but I think if those two thousand screens are used to show my talk show, maybe the box office will be higher."

The audience below all laughed from ear to ear after hearing what Dawson said. Everyone at the scene thought that what Dawson said might be true.

After all, it's a bad movie, so how could anyone watch it? Giving it so many screens would be in vain.

At the same time, the person being ridiculed by the host was sitting in his office drinking freshly brewed coffee, looking very relaxed.

The program being played on the TV next to him was Dawson's talk show, but what was unexpected was that Longmeyer did not feel angry because of the other party's ridicule or sarcasm. Instead, he watched it with relish.

"If Dawson knew you were watching his show in this mood, I can't even guess what he would think."

After Lin Daoqiu finished speaking, he stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window to enjoy the scenery outside the window.

"The only thing he can be happy about is tonight. When the box office comes out tomorrow, I believe his show will be even more exciting. I won't miss it then."

Not only that, but Longmeyer had already made an agreement with Dawson to perform on his last talk show next Monday.

Dawson obviously didn't expect that Longmeyer would want to do such a self-humiliating thing, so he agreed immediately without thinking.

"What do you think I should wear then? When I think about the expression that guy will show at that time, I feel so excited, haha..."

I don’t know if it’s because he has been laughed at for too long, but Longmeyer will never show any mercy to the other party when he fights back. After all, Dawson and the others started these things in the first place.

A dignified CEO of Universal Pictures has been laughed at for two weeks. If Longmeyer was not angry, he would be a ghost.

Although there is also a relationship between him and Lin Daoqiu that adds fuel to the fire, he is ridiculed by newspapers, magazines and TV talk shows every day. If he does not fight back after getting the results, it will be a big loss.

"Don't get too happy too soon. If the box office results are not good, you will be the one who will be embarrassed."

Lin Daoqiu didn't even believe what he said. After all, Langmeyer was extremely moved after watching it. This proves that this movie is definitely an attractive and good movie.

"Would I be embarrassed? Oh no... Lin, your joke makes me speechless. If this movie doesn't become a hit, then I would rather resign from my current position and never work in the film industry again."

Although Longmeyer's words may sound a bit exaggerated, in his opinion "Home Alone" is definitely a very good movie, and it is definitely a movie suitable for families of all ages to watch.

Especially when it is released during the Christmas period, when parents bring their children to the theater, this "Home Alone" is definitely their first choice.

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In fact, the progress of "Home Alone" is not as smooth as Longmeyer and Lin Daoqiu thought.

After all, the overwhelming negative reviews caused everyone to be biased against this movie from the beginning. Except for a few early adopters, there were also some viewers who had watched "Mission: Impossible" before and bought tickets to enter the movie.

And a large number of these people had a joking mentality at the beginning, just wanting to see how bad this movie was.

But after the movie ended, many of the people who had the mentality of watching a bad movie actually had tears in their eyes, and many of them were even crying silently, even though they were laughing ten minutes ago

Life and death.

Because "Home Alone" only started showing in the evening, the screening time was actually not very long.

The next day, when the first day's box office was summed up, the result was only a mere three million.

When the news came out, the entertainment reporters laughed miserably. Subsequently, any movie-related newspaper reported that "Home Alone" only had a box office of 3 million on the first day.

It can be said that Lin Daoqiu and Langmeyer have become their source of happiness now, and of course the movie "Home Alone" is indispensable.

"Two thousand screens, but only a measly three million box office on the first day. I don't know what Universal Pictures is thinking, but I'm sure the person who made this decision is looking for regret pills."

Almost all reporters believe that the highest single-day box office of "Home Alone" should only be this much, and it will definitely become less and less in the future.

However, amidst this wave of ridicule, a surprising entity appeared.

As a reporter for the weekly "Film Entertainment", Percy has been covering news about movies for a long time.

Although "Home Alone" has been ridiculed for two weeks, it's just those few words, and everyone is tired of hearing them.

So on the day of the release, Percy bought a ticket in person, planning to watch this legendary 'bad movie' from beginning to end, and then go back and write a sharp review.

Originally, Bai Xi bought the ticket and entered the theater with great interest. He planned to go back to the magazine immediately after watching the movie to rush for the manuscript, and then send out a review of the film early tomorrow morning.

But after she watched the first show, Percy's mood suddenly changed dramatically. She didn't say a word, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then turned around and went out to buy a ticket for the next show.

Finally, from the first scene to the last scene of the premiere, Percy watched the play several times without missing a beat.

As soon as she walked out of the cinema, she rushed back to the magazine and wrote a film review overnight that shocked everyone.

When she handed this film review that she had rushed out overnight to the editor-in-chief, the other person immediately looked at Percy with a shocked expression after reading it.

The editor seemed to think she had drank too much or taken the wrong medicine, because the title she used was simply a joke.

"Are you sure you wrote it correctly? Or did you say something ironic?"

The editor-in-chief looked at Percy with a puzzled look on his face. He thought this was a bit unbelievable.

Because the title of this film review is, "The Best Hollywood Film of 1980: "Home Alone""