Chapter 163 In 1995 when he stretched his hips again, Fox who was secretly having fun
"On July 10, Eastern Daylight Time, a severe summer heat wave hit all parts of the country. Except for Maine, the highest temperature in 48 states in the continental United States today will exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit. According to the latest release by the National Weather Service According to the early warning data, the temperature in Northeast America, the Midwest, and the southern plains states in the next few days will break through the 110-degree Fahrenheit mark! Chicago and other places will even exceed 120 degrees Fahrenheit! No matter Whether you are an adult or a child, please stay at home! Don't go out! If there are animals in the house, lock them at home too! Lock them in the shed! Don't let them out!"
"In this weather, cows can be roasted to death!"
During the daytime in early July, a stern warning from the radio anchor came from the TV in the living room.
Roland couldn't help shaking his head when he heard the loud roar as if Ma Jingtao was possessed by him—
"Come on! In 1995, it's a waste again!"
Joined the crew at the end of January, and closed the filming at the beginning of July. It took five months to shoot a super-English movie, which was more than enough, and as time passed, the guys in the crew gradually became excited. In addition to the reason of being able to take a vacation, those guys who had movies released in the summer of 1995 are also looking forward to this year's box office market.
The 1994 Simpson murder case disrupted the box office market that should have been thriving. After that, a bunch of trivial messes directly smashed the box office market for the whole year. up!
The natural disaster that occurred in early 1995 made people feel that the life of the last two years was really difficult. Many people expected that with the arrival of the summer of 1995, the entertainment market would follow the trend of young people. The influx of people brought new vitality, but no one expected that a deadly heat wave swept across the Midwest of America after the students had been on vacation for two weeks...
What is the concept of a normal temperature of one hundred degrees Fahrenheit?
You stand in any shade without air conditioning, that **** is in a spiral!
Some areas exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit, and what is the concept that the Chicago area can even reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit?
Roads and rails can bend! The bull demon king ate a mouthful of grass there, and before he could chew the cud, he was violently killed by the heat!
Of course, any disaster can only be described by description, and if the data is not listed, it is a hooligan. The worst thing about this is the daily news broadcast by NBC. It is also shocking.
Beginning on July 10, 850 dairy cows died in five days of heat in Wisconsin, and a total of 85 people died.
With the opening of the summer cooling center in Chicago, the number of deaths due to heat has climbed to 500 within five days.
There was even a forest fire in Southern California, but fortunately, those guys who might make trouble like the Australian birds were also killed by the high temperature. The statewide situation.
The heat death is actually just a trivial matter, and more food is gone. Due to the heat and lack of rain, the farmland is cracked, and the growth of crops has been seriously affected. The corn and soybeans that are about to bloom are almost dead, and then What followed was the skyrocketing price of food. Five percent and seven percent were small amounts. Soybeans and corn rose by 20 to 30 percent. The chicken even doubled in size within 20 days!
In this case, the governor of Ohio even called on citizens to pray to God for rain!
When Roland, who was hiding at home and blowing on the air conditioner, saw the news, his eyeballs almost popped out!
Groove! Praying to God for rain? What's the difference between this and the hallelujah fight against the epidemic?
Universe Kingdom is indeed a universe country!
Have you learned even this kind of slanted sword slanting?
"Don't laugh at others, they can't help it."
Like Roland, he hid at home because of the high temperature and heat wave. David, who was nestled on the sofa watching TV, shook his thighs on the coffee table and said with emotion: "In fact, there is no air conditioning in our central region."
"What?" Hearing this remark, he was still wondering if God would show up and issue a reminder to his believers that it will not rain until the chickens have finished eating the rice, the dog has finished licking the noodles, and the fire has burned the locks. Roland raised his head unexpectedly.
"David, what did you say?"
"They don't have air conditioning?"
"Of course they don't have air conditioners!" Before David could respond, James, who was also lying on the side, gave Roland a disdainful look, "If you go to school, then you will know!"
“Not all households have air conditioners. Those who have air conditioners are mostly residents living in cities on the east coast and west coast. Only about 20% of rural households in the south and midwest have air conditioners.”
"Why?" Roland couldn't understand, because in the past five years, every place he went had this thing.
"Because of the cost." Seeing that his son wanted to diss Roland, David gave this guy who didn't go to school all the year round a little bit of social status, "Electricity is a necessity for every family, but it also has wiring. "
"From left to right, from top to bottom, or pulling diagonally, these are all fine, but as long as it is built, it will not change."
"After the main power network is completed, the next connection is actually the business of the people themselves. Since most of the farmers in the central region are engaged in farming and living too scattered, it is a strange thing not to be far away from the main power network. And if you want the power company to lay the network for them, you have to pay for it yourself. A mile of a line is about 70,000 yuan. If it is a little farther, it will cost millions of dollars. Do you think those farmers will pay for it themselves? Do you want to pick it up? If not, then they can only get a small generator to generate electricity themselves, and the electricity generated by the generator cannot support the use of the air conditioner."
"So, the governor of Ohio can only let them pray to God, because they pray to the federal government, and the federal government can't afford to build a power grid for them. Although this is a public utility, it also has to talk about operating costs."
Yes, those people who died of heat in the central region are basically the real poor without air conditioners or even fans. Without protection measures, they can only stay at home, hoping that their lives will be worse than this heat wave. Be hard.
And in this case, the governor took the lead in prayer, and that's normal.
Of course, although all the poor people died, the impact of the heat wave on all walks of life is still very large. The most typical one is the summer vacation that Roland said-you stand in the sun for three seconds, and the smoke coming out of your head It can make you gather the three flowers at the top, bring the five qi to the top, and directly ascend to the Tao. In this way, will anyone dare to go to the theater?
Walking with an umbrella?
You can melt like SpongeBob SquarePants!
Driving with air conditioner?
Believe it or not, as soon as you drive on the road, you have ascended to heaven even with the car?
The rails can be bent! Flat tires are so normal!
So, when the outside temperature exceeds ninety degrees Fahrenheit...
All film companies, like in 1994, played Good Game again!
Warner Pictures directly announced that "Batman 3: Batman Forever" released on June 16 has a high probability of losing money;
Disney also lowered the box office forecast of "Pocahontas" released at the same time;
After "Apollo 13", which was only released for ten days, grabbed nearly 100 million box office, Universal announced decisively that under the influence of the death heat wave, the North American box office is expected to be around 150 million;
And those of them who were released in advance are not the worst, the worst is the one that was released just at the right time...
For example, Steven Seagal's "Dragon Attack 2", the first film was released in the garbage schedule of October 1992, and the box office took 15 million in the first weekend, but the second film The sequel was released in the summer, and the box office was only 12 million in the first weekend.
Director Chris Columbus, who had previously worked with Roland on the "Home Alone" series, had a new film "September Pregnant", which was declared a sudden death with a North American box office of 69 million due to the heat wave.
A small-budget horror movie like "Alien" and a larger-scale romance movie like "Leadership" can make a lot of money. Of course, this is also compared with their cost.
The vast majority of movies are still losing money.
To be honest, they can understand the sudden sudden death in the summer of 1994. After all, it was all made up by the **** who like to parade! If Michael Jackson hadn't been body-searched first, even if the Simpson murder case had a great impact, it would be impossible for all the people to stay at home and watch the live broadcast analysis every day!
but-
After Simpson murdered his wife, they couldn't understand the weird development trend!
They can understand bad luck once, they can bear bad luck twice, but bad luck three times, four times, five times in a row...
What’s weird about this is that the entire industry is in retrograde?
Torrential rains and floods at the beginning of the year, death and heat waves in the middle of the year, and an ice age that will never happen in a century will come at the end of the year?
Nonsence! …
Ning really thought he was playing a game here! The frequency of this kind of natural disasters is too fake!
Of course, although Hollywood, the global entertainment industry, couldn’t understand what was going on in the past two years, but while each household was liquidating their losses, they discovered a very serious problem—
Bridge Bean Sacks!
Not everyone is losing money!
Those two guys who wanted to start their own businesses didn't seem to be affected by this series of problems at all!
After the global box office record of one billion film history was released in 1993, the two of them disappeared. Of course, it is a bit inappropriate to say that. A Best Director and a Best Picture, and Roland has been on the scene in Forrest Gump and The Lion King, but—
These projects don’t seem to be losing money, right?
Not only that, but a big profit!
...
"No! Why can't they be affected?"
When calculating how much the expected income of this summer vacation will drop compared with last year, "Congo Horror" was released in early June, but it was not popular in the market, but Paramount made a small fortune with the small-budget comedy romance "Leading the Show". , some taste.
After all, they only came out with Forrest Gump last year.
Although Tom Hanks took a lot of money, Paramount is still the one that has gained the most.
But this year's data is pulled...
Hey! It’s okay not to lose money!
...
"Maybe it's just luck?"
Similarly, Disney, which only released the animated movie "Pocahontas" this year, also felt that something was wrong, but considering that "The Lion King" might, should, probably, probably not be sold because of Roland's participation After doing so well, Disney put his doubts to the back of his head for the time being!
After all, how could things like predicting the future happen!
They are indeed engaged in movies, but they are not the second disease!
What kind of monsters, spaceships, these are all fake!
Entertainment! Only the brain-dead will take it seriously!
...
"But the problem is, their luck seems unscientific!"
"Steven can still use the long-term contract to expire. If he wants to jump out of us, who knows that when forming the company, he happened to encounter a lot of bad things and happened to escape. How can Roland explain it?"
"As a new A+list, it's hard to understand why I haven't accepted a project for a whole year and a half!"
"Don't talk about preparing for "Spider-Man"! He obviously started preparations after the Simpson case broke out last year!"
Universal, which invested in and released "Apollo 13", expressed doubts about Roland's weird behavior.
No way, who made Roland the only guy who hasn't starred in a movie for three consecutive years after being promoted to the A+ list?
Don't talk about "Forrest Gump" and "The Lion King", these two movies are obviously connected halfway!
Although the filming of "Spider-Man" just finished has not been finalized, what's the matter, it is also aiming at the summer of 1996!
Looking at it this way, since "Jurassic Park" was released in June 1993, Roland has not released any works for three full years!
And what about Harrison Ford, who compared him to the top super giants before?
After the release of "Star Wars" in 1977, there was "Commando of Navarone" in 1978, and "Star Wars Holiday Special Edition", which was pure money-making. In 1979, four works were released in one go. Among them are "Apocalypse Now" and "Hannover Street", as well as "American Graffiti Sequel", which is still making money.
Even actor Zhuang Tom Hanks didn’t think about taking a break. Although one film a year is not high-yielding, it’s still being filmed!
But Roland is lucky, he really went to Europe for more than two months!
...
"But Roland's vacation doesn't mean anything..."
"After all, the reasons he gave for the development period and voice change period are still reliable..."
"Besides, he's not without losses. Didn't he buy Castle Rock's "The Shawshank Redemption"? There's a high probability that this movie won't be able to sell back the disc, so it's only natural that it's in his hands. If you look at it, he actually lost tens of millions in the turmoil, although we don't know why he bought the movie with a twitch of his head..."
And after Warner Heartache included the "Batman" series in the column of projects that may continue to lose money, they did not feel that Roland was lucky like Paramount, Disney, and Universal, but they also felt that Roland had brains. fault!
Simpson’s murder of his wife has already happened, why are you still buying "The Shawshank Redemption"? ? ?
Didn’t you get kicked in the head by a donkey?
If you really think you have a lot of money, then invest in our "Batman"!
Anyway, we are afraid! We also want to find a bad guy to share the cost!
...
And Warner has the same idea, and Fox, which produced "Die Hard 3" this year, is sure to make money.
Although it is not because of "The Shawshank Redemption", the reason is not bad.
No way, who made Roland invest in David Fincher who dared to anger them before?
In their view, David Fincher is just a tough guy hugging George Lucas' thigh!
If it wasn’t because George Lucas was in charge of the “Star Wars” series, Fox welcomed the possible sequels, and they wouldn’t let David Fincher, the MV director, make “Alien 3”!
What's more, even if the reputation of "Alien 3" is not good, so what?
Under their interference, the movie still made a profit, and it became a big hit in the disc market!
If David Fincher's idea is really followed, what will the whole movie look like?
"What kind of luck is good enough to avoid disaster?"
"It's just a kid who accidentally became popular with the Jewish gang!"
"If a good actor is not suitable, what kind of production company do I have to open?"
"Do you really think the company is so easy to start?"
"The most important thing is, this kid has bad eyesight!"
"I bought a total of four movies, and only the small-budget independent movie made by AngLee made some money!"
"Do you really think it's that easy to make a film? One "Seven Deadly Sins" can kill you!"
That’s right, although Fox and Roland have no conflicts, who made David Fincher greet all Fox well in front of the media before?
Looking at George Lucas's face, it is already very restrained not to retaliate. As for wishing David Fincher a big movie?
Stop joking, okay!
Although the surface is friendly, in fact, no one wants a competitor to make a profit!
Roland filmed for them, of course they are welcomed with all four limbs!
But does he do it himself?
You won't die if you pay for it!
"When is The Seven Deadly Sins coming out?"
"September 22nd? What kind of **** schedule is this? We shouldn't have a movie, right?"
"It's good if there is no, it's good if there is no, so that if he loses, he can't put the blame on us."
"Hey, wait..."
"It seems that the Simpson murder case officially announced the verdict on October 3rd?"
"I heard that the Federation has mobilized thousands of police officers to Los Angeles to prevent riots after the results are announced?"
"Isn't this just right? It was released on the 22nd, and the movie died suddenly. Twelve days later, the verdict was announced on the 3rd. Simpson was found guilty, and "The Shawshank Redemption" had to be held for a long time and could not be sold..."
"Even if he escaped the bleak film and television market for two consecutive years, so what?"
"Still have to lose money!"
Speaking of this, there was a burst of 'goodwill' laughter in Fox's conference room.
It's peaceful outside, and you can talk freely at home!
No one thinks that this is cursing Roland, and no one thinks that they are targeting Roland...
They think they are just stating a fact!
If the film and television industry is really so easy to make money, there will be no record of Hollywood being born for a hundred years, only the Disney Group has not been acquired by a transaction!
Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, this is indeed true.
But there is no film company that does not lose money in the early stages of development!
Amblin didn't make it! Neither did Lucasfilm! Why do you do Warcraft Movies and TV?
Note: ①The heat wave in 1995, although it lasted only five days, was also the day after the sudden attack, when people died. After the death heat wave of the day, it was also very hot. No one wanted to go out during the day, because no one knew whether they would come back alive. The ice cubes couldn't be saved, and the more the electric fan blew, the hotter it was. It is also true that prices are skyrocketing and most people in the central region do not have air-conditioning. In 1992, the United States introduced the "Energy Policy Act" to allow the sale of electricity in the open market. In 1999, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission explicitly required the separation of power plants from the grid, and this began the market restructuring. ②I see some people say that in the past two years of my writing, the main character has not arranged anything. I write about Hollywood, but I can’t write blindly with my eyes closed. Entertainment will always be a tertiary industry and will never become the core of people’s lives. The Simpson case broke out and the box office sold. Yes, there is a high probability of sudden death when going out, and then the box office sells. This plot is even more impossible. Japan suspends classes, and students celebrate their holidays and want to go to the paradise. It’s too magical. I read the public reports of those giants, so I There is no way to arrange the plot of the movie. The reality is indeed more magical than the novel, but if you can’t eat and die, how can you even think about watching a movie? You can't change it, you can only hide.
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