Vol 2 Chapter 535: victim

"Neither telephone reservation nor online ticket reservation met our expectations."
In the hotel lounge, Tina Fei, 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 ticket sales peak comes."
Duke nodded slightly. The pre-sale of movie tickets often peaked one week after the film was released. Anne Hathaway happened to have a scandal at this moment. For some parents with mental hygiene, especially many parents across the United States. , "Batman: Hour of War" will naturally be eliminated from the preferred target.

Up to now, the film’s pre-sale box office has been around US$20.1 million,
Tina Fei continued.
There is still a certain gap between Warner Bros’ expectations of US$25 million, and the growth rate of ticket bookings has slowed down significantly. Before the screening, this goal would definitely not be achieved."
Looking at his watch, Duke stood up, "Let's go over."
The two left the lounge and passed through an unopened corridor to the back of a press conference room. Duke nodded to Attorney Al Ryder, Penny Kelly and others, and then stood here, listening Listen to the sound coming from the press conference.
This is a press conference specially convened for Anne Hathaway by the crew and Warner Bros. ℃ ∷.
Anne Hathaway was released on bail by Warner Bros. and Al Ryder's lawyers after only 48 hours in the Chicago branch of the FBI. The actress is not too stupid. She knows that she is now related to 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 moving in this direction, after all, it is related to the market response of "Batman: Hour of War". As long as the film is over, whether Anne Hathaway is a white lotus or a green tea cake has nothing to do with them.
"The decision to break up with Lafite made me desperate for life, but I didn't expect the person I loved the most to deceive me so much."
Anne Hathaway's choked voice came from before, "Deception is the most unbearable for me, especially when he uses me to make money..."
There is a layer of baffle. Duke and others could obviously hear Anne Hathaway crying.
Then, her agent said that when Anne Hathaway was busy with work, her boyfriend would dazzle with other women from time to time. Among them, there were some beautiful models. The old and new problems were superimposed, which made Annie make the decision to break up. , Originally Anne Hathaway had always lived on the East Coast of the United States, and did not go to Hollywood, just to be able to accompany her boyfriend...
In short. It is trying to shape Anne Hathaway in the direction of the victim and the poor.
Standing in the back, Duke seemed very calm. This is the case in this circle. 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 talk about others, just talk about Anne Hathaway, because of this incident. Both Duke and Warner Bros. investigated her and wanted to develop targeted public relations measures. You must understand what the other person is doing.
Anne Hathaway is indeed a victim, but if she is an innocent person, that is not necessarily.
She can be released on bail, in addition to the intervention of Duke and Warner Bros., she also has a relationship with her actively cooperating with the FBI.
A luxury apartment in New York, several brand-name watches and precious jewellery worth millions of dollars, this is Anne Hathaway took the initiative to hand over to the FBI. Their source is a gift from Raphael Freire.
In addition, during the relationship between the two, Anne Hathaway enjoyed various luxury houses, yachts, private jets, and countless valuable gifts. It is not so much that she was dazzled by love, but rather she was bewildered by money.
Anne Hathaway is not the future. She is indeed well-known, but after being abandoned by Disney, her career has fallen into a trough. Even when "The Princess Diaries" is the most popular, her income will not be very high. Disney's squeeze of their youth idols is shared by all Hollywood people. know.
Just listening to the voice, Anne Hathaway in front must be crying, but Duke is thinking about whether she will be replaced in the second part if she can't change the image.
Strictly speaking, Anne Hathaway is indeed a victim, but it has nothing to do with business.
What Duke makes is a commercial film. Everything is based on commercial interests. An actor who can't bring income is useless to him.
The press conference ended in a mess. Duke and Penny Kelly returned to the lounge. A few minutes later, Anne Hathaway and her agent Brian walked in.
With a tissue paper gently wiping her red eyes, Anne Hathaway walked up to Duke, "Thank you, Duke. I'm sorry..."
Duke interrupted her by raising his hand, and said, "During the movie, watch your words and actions."
"I promise, it will." Anne Hathaway knows very well that the crew is her biggest support now.
Not only press conferences, Duke’s naval forces are also creating momentum on the Internet. For the sake of the film, they try to help Anne Hathaway as much as possible, but the Internet is an open media that wants to completely reverse a star that broke out in a scandal. 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 her eyes confused by love.
The second is pure onlookers, they don't care what kind of person Anne Hathaway is.
The third is to criticize abusers. Like the first type, they are also mixed with a large number of naval forces. Especially after the press conference, they have accused Anne Hathaway of "fake", "pretend", and "act". The kind of typical female star with inconsistent appearance.
In any case, Anne Hathaway, who cried into a white lotus flower, recovered some image points for herself after the press conference, but it was impossible to completely eliminate the impact.
And not only the Internet, but traditional media, such as News Corporation’s tabloids and media controlled by Walt Disney, during the time when "Batman: Hour of War" is about to be released, they all firmly criticized and criticized Anne Heather. Wei, and keep mentioning new movies she starred in.
Affected by this, after the press conference, the box office pre-sale of "Batman: Hour of War" has increased, but there is still a certain gap from the initial expected number of Warner Bros.
"The media of Twentieth Century Fox and Walt Disney are biting us."
Hearing what Tina Fey said, Duke stood in front of the French window, looking at the night view of Chicago, and said, "I made a mistake, Tina."
Tina Fei looked at him curiously, and it was rare when Duke proactively admitted to making a mistake.
"I was confused by something." Duke sighed lightly. "I underestimated the enemy."
Although he will not underestimate any opponents, when the competitors are films such as "The Kings of Heaven" and "The Heroes of the Air", Duke's heart will inevitably relax, although he will not take it for granted that he will win a big victory. , But did not pay enough attention.
Obviously, the continuous success has caused a slight change in his psychology.
Even if his head is clear and calm enough, he is an ordinary person after all.
However, realizing this, Duke knew very well how to adjust himself. In some ways, this was not entirely a bad thing, but it reminded him.
Walking slowly to Duke's side, Tina Fei suddenly said, "By the way, I haven't had time to tell you that Warner Bros. called just now and David Ellison wants to participate in the premiere of the film."
"He?" Duke raised his brow slightly.
Even if you don’t check it carefully, Duke knows that behind this incident, there must be the shadows of him and Michael Ovitz. Until now, many media are still hyping Anne Hathaway and "Batman: Hour of War". The negative news is obviously that it has received a large amount of sponsorship.
The corner of Duke's mouth raised slightly, "Send him a formal invitation."
Now that David Ellison wants to come, let him come, to the present level, let alone David Ellison, even if his father is here, Duke will not care.
Duke was preparing for the premiere of "Batman: Hour of War". Under the night sky of Los Angeles, Ivanka Trump unhurriedly walked into a cafe in Burbank and was in the waiter's Under the leadership, came to a deck.
"Hello, Irene."
"Hello, Ivanka."
The two greeted each other, Ivanka Trump sat opposite Irene Lauder, ordered a cup of coffee at random, and asked directly, "Will you go to Chicago?"
The other party is a good friend of Duke Rosenberg, and the friendship between them can be compared with Sophia Coppola, she knows this very well.
"What about you?" Irene Lauder looked at her and asked.
Ivanka Trump was silent for a moment, and then said firmly, "I will not go."
"I wanted to invite you to be company."
Irene Lauder sighed lightly. This was her purpose for asking Ivanka Trump to come out, but upon 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 capital groups.
She didn't go on talking, took out a box, and pushed it in front of Irene Lauder, "Can you help me a little bit? Give this back to Duke."
Irene Lauder stared at Ivanka for a while, and finally nodded gently.
Seeing Irene put away the gift box, Ivanka Trump stood up, "Thank you, Irene."
"You're welcome." Irene Lauder smiled slightly.
Ivanka Trump said another polite remark and left the coffee shop without looking back. (To be continued...)