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Chapter 327
Sleep till dawn.
When she woke up, Josie was being held in her arms, and the high body temperature of a man could not be ignored.
The familiar smell of shower gel from the nose is her favorite refreshing fruity aroma, like peeling a slightly bitter grapefruit, a little bit of sweetness mixed with the cool water vapor in summer.
A voice belonging to Jim came from above his head, still tired: "Baby, sleep with me for a while."
Josie rubbed her eyes and asked in a daze, "When did you come back?"
"Four in the morning? I can't remember." Jim replied, "Shut up and let me hold you, my love."
Josie had no choice but to remain silent, but habitually stretched out her hand to reach her mobile phone, checking the time first and then text messages and missed calls.
She has a very important date tonight, and she needs to take Eli McCullough's private jet in the morning, instead of flying to DC to take a rest, and then go to a reception held by a charitable foundation to "run into" a lady .
This is the time she managed to find.
The itinerary during the movie promotion period is usually very busy. It is common to travel all over the United States and even the world. Most of the time, I can only rest on the plane.
Fortunately, the box office market of "Like Heaven" is basically locked in North America, and there is no special overseas premiere.
On the one hand, it’s because Hollywood’s long-standing publicity model for romantic comedies does not have the same global simultaneous release treatment as commercial blockbusters, which is determined by market feedback;
On the other hand, Fox's overseas distribution is relatively conservative, basically counting on "Like Paradise" to reap the box office in North America before deciding on the film's promotion and distribution treatment in overseas markets.
And "Like Paradise" performed better in theaters than the studio expected.
At the weekend of the first week, it won nearly 800 million U.S. dollars in box office results, directly reaching the top of the week's box office champion.
——You know, the box office of 2000 million US dollars in the first week is already considered a very successful love movie.
The most important reason for this achievement is of course Josie's box office appeal, which has been recognized by the market, but Fox has invested a lot of resources in promoting this film, and the number of opening screens that won the luxury lineup is also very important.
In addition, the excellent quality of the film itself, no competitors in the same period, etc., also made "Like Paradise" the last dark horse in the late summer theaters, attracting countless attention.
Starting from the next week, the box office curve slowly declined with an astonishing trend, and even rose a little at the end of the week, which made both data research companies and Hollywood look sideways.
A lot of people walk into the cinema for this movie again and again, those fanatical teenagers are fine, why do people over the age of 27 also love this movie?
What Sally, a college student living in Jersey City, told the investigators hired by the film company after her third viewing of "Like Heaven" is typical: "This movie fulfills all my fantasies. It gives Some kind of possibility for me to break out of the stagnant life. Whether it's the life after the heroine becomes a ghost, or her love with the hero, oh, I have to say, the casting of the movie is so good, they stared at me at the beginning Can't help but get excited."
And Eric, another young man from the Los Angeles area, expressed the feelings of another part of the audience: "Sissy is so wonderful. She is always beautiful and heartbreaking, making me fall in love with her again and again, So I watch every one of her movies so many times. It really feels like a relationship, and for me now that I don’t have a girlfriend, she’s a substitute for dissatisfaction in real life.”
"The essence of film is to create dreams."
Peter Travers, film critic of Rolling Stone magazine, commented: "Hollywood has many unimaginable beauties, but most of them cannot show a tenth of their appearance in front of the camera. A small number of people are so blessed that even their looks are not perfect, but they are attractive on the big screen. This is what we call 'screen charm'."
"'Beautiful' and 'screen glamor' are two different things. And when they come together in an actor, they always give us a greater effect, such as Josie Holden, an actress who just needs to be quiet. You don’t need any language to look at people, and you can feel a lot of stories from it.”
"In the movie "Like Paradise", she completely presents the inner world of a seemingly strong woman to the audience. This kind of viewing experience must not be Puritan, but neither It must be completely offensive or vulgar, but romantic, aesthetic, full of fantasy, and giving people spiritual comfort is the key to the success of the film itself."
"A very successful romantic movie. The success of the casting has sublimated the whole movie. Of course, the ending of the movie is just right for the adaptation of the original novel."
"The fly in the ointment is that there are still some logical problems in the script that cannot be self-consistent..."
In the Gulfstream V cabin flying to DC, Josie put down the "Rolling Stone" magazine in her hand and looked at Eli McCullough in front of her.
Eli said: "At the meeting next Monday, the election of the chairman will be re-elected. I need to make a final confirmation whether you are really unwilling to take this position."
"Yes." Josie put her fingers together and replied without any hesitation: "Maybe this is a bit strange to you, but I still don't want my career to be affected by this identity."
For example, can you imagine Edgar Bronfman Jr., who retains the position of chairman of Vivendi-Universal, is active in the circle as an actor or singer?
This is of course impossible.
In fact, even when Edgar Bronfman Jr. wrote songs for Universal's Celine Dion when he was in Hollywood a long time ago, he only used a pseudonym.
Such a dual identity can easily bring a sense of separation to people, especially the profession of an actor.
Eli did not comment, but nodded slightly to show respect. Instead of continuing to speak, he opened a document, turned around, and pushed it in front of Josie across the small table in the cabin.
Josie took it over and saw that there were candidates for the chairman who were about to compete for the post, and Jeffrey Katzenberg was among them.
Generally speaking, 75% of companies in the United States have the chairman of the board - the chairman of the board of directors elected by the board of directors - as the CEO. This is due to the consideration of decision-making execution ability.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, in the previous Skynet Media, Michael Ovitz, who had rich industry experience, served as the CEO of the company, while Richard Bloom, a layman, served as the chairman under the balance of all forces.
Now the situation is different.
Jeffrey Katzenberg's interim position will basically be implemented. The former DreamWorks tycoon cleared up the mess left by his predecessor Michael Ovitz without much effort, and is now preparing to acquire Tianji Films' plan is on the agenda.
Seems pretty ambitious.
To be honest, Josie prefers an obedient tool person, but also has rich experience and sufficient ability. So far, she has not been able to judge that Jeffrey Katzenberg or other candidates will be a good choice.
So, she chose to have an open and honest talk with her partner: "McCullough, I'm not familiar with Jeffrey Katzenberg, but I'm sure I don't want to see the next Michael Ovitz, His powers in the new company are somewhat overblown, and proper oversight and governance are necessary."
"I know." As if he had expected it, Eli leaned forward and turned the page for Josie, "The person hired from Goldman Sachs not long ago, he will serve as COO and vice president. As for the position of chairman, except you see In addition to my shortlist, I have another proposal."
"I'm all ears," Josie said.
"Your father, Mr. Frank Horton, what do you think?" Eli's eyes were light, looking at Josie like a peaceful pool.
Josie touched her chin, thought about it seriously, and found that this sounded very exciting, because now the company's two most important executives are both Eli's people on the surface, if she wants some If we want to guarantee, we must let our own people take the position of chairman.
But the problem is that Frank is a layman, and he still has skylight capital, so he doesn't necessarily have extra energy.
What's more, they can't trust each other.
Business is business.
There has never been a rule in this world that must be followed, requiring parents to dedicate themselves to their children, or they have to love their children. The relationship between family members relies more on emotion than blood.
This is precisely where Josie and Frank have a common character flaw.
So complicating a relatively simple relationship is not a wise choice.
Josie finally shook her head without any explanation: "No need. As long as that person is a mascot in a peaceful manner, it doesn't matter who you choose, except Jeffrey Katzenberg."
Trust between people is too difficult.
Jeffrey Katzenberg slightly changed the original plan, which aroused the vigilance of Josie and Eli at the same time, and the unreliable alliance relationship began to become delicate.
However, compared to tonight's carefully crafted encounter, the personnel change of Skynet Media's board of directors is just a small problem.
At [-]:[-] p.m., Josie, all dressed up, attended a charity reception in Washington, D.C., and donated a check of her own to help clean water.
Afterwards, she happened to bump into Claire Underwood, the director of the water purification project charitable organization, in the ladies' lounge at the reception, and had a good chat with her, leaving a good impression on each other.
— This lady is the wife of Frank Underwood, Whip of the Donkey Party.
late at night.
The reception ended successfully.
Eli was already waiting in the car that came to pick up Josie. The two replayed the general conversation between Josie and Claire on the road, exchanged some information, and discussed some issues about Universal Pictures. They stayed at the hotel that night. same hotel.
At the same time, a private detective hired to follow Josie dialed a well-known number and said, "I got what your boss wanted, but the original price Not enough, you have to pay more..."