Chapter 132 132. Successful adaptation and winning the championship

After the interview video of Mike was released, it naturally sparked widespread discussion.

True fans are both excited and heartbroken, rolling in the abyss. The title of the song sounds very sad, which fits MJ's current situation.

Haters and Eminem's supporters are equally excited, and once the new song is released, they will find fault with it and criticize it. This is a common practice.

The only thing that surprised both parties was that the lyricist was Eric Cooper.

On a certain music forum, many people expressed their opinions.

"Have you seen the interview? The lyricist of MJ's new song is actually Eric Cooper. Isn't he a rich second-generation? And he knows music?"

"Eric Cooper is not only a second-generation rich man, but also a director and screenwriter. As a die-hard supporter of MJ, he will definitely not mess around."

"You're right, they are indeed like-minded, maybe they are both pedophiles!"

"Hey, hey! Eminem's kid only knows how to make personal attacks. Go back and ask your parents. They will teach you who Michael Jackson is!"

"Mom and Dad? This kid probably doesn't have any parents, otherwise he wouldn't only know words starting with F and can't even make a logical statement."

"FUCK! An old antique who can't keep up with the times, singing outdated songs from the last century, is far inferior to Eminem. Look at the data of Eminem's new song, it is climbing steadily and will soon reach the top. Pedophiles must kneel down and lick Eminem's major tune!"

Just as any group will eventually turn into a color group, any topic will eventually turn into a quarrel.

Apart from the verbal battle between the two sides, the rest are the neutral group of spectators. They don't like anyone and are criticizing the song rather than the person.

If the song is good, these people will still listen to it no matter how bad the person's character is.

But even if they are super superstars, they will only pick a few songs of the highest quality to listen to, after all, it is impossible for every song to be a hit song.

"I've already listened to 'Just Lost It', the groove and the music are great, Anteater is an excellent rap song, and now I can't wait to listen to Michael Jackson's new song."

"The competition between the old-school king and the new-generation top singer is really an exciting showdown. I just don't know what the loser will do when the time comes."

"Hahaha, what else can I do? It's impossible for that ruffian Eminem to apologize. I'll just have to pretend to be a grandson or a mute."

"If Jackson loses, it will be even worse for his current situation. I can't imagine what he will do."

Cooper's home in Beverly Hills.

Mom walked upstairs with a tray of food: "Eric, your breakfast."

Snap!

The door opened and Eric took the plate. Today was May 31st, and it was already the sixth day of his retreat.

Eric Cooper now has an unshaven beard and bloodshot eyes, looking very decadent, but with another kind of Gothic beauty.

"Son, are you okay?" Mom asked with concern.

"Yes, great, I'm on a roll right now, I just finished the first draft of the House of Cards script in just six days, it's a miracle."

Hearing this, my mother breathed a sigh of relief: "Then come downstairs. You've been staying in your room all day, and we're all worried."

"Oh sorry, Mom, I made you worry, but I'll just check the script again."

"Do you want to continue?"

"Yes, this is a very important project and I cannot afford to let it go wrong. I don't feel comfortable handing it over to someone else."

Closing the door, Eric sighed. It wasn't just his family who cared about him.

During this period of seclusion, Gadot, the Olsen sisters, Nicole, Sevi, Judy and others all called or sent text messages.

In other words, it is not yet the era of mobile Internet, and mobile phones are not very functional. Otherwise, I have to lock my phone in a safe so that I can concentrate on writing the script.

During this period, Andrea called on behalf of the "Blue Is the Warmest Color" crew, and at this moment she also felt the pain that Patty Jenkins had felt.

Damn it, which director can abandon the crew and run away for more than ten days without any news, even if he is giving orders remotely.

Is this movie yours or mine? Andrea was unsure about some of the more difficult scenes. She was not as bold as Patty Jenkins and did not dare to start. Now the crew was progressing very slowly, waiting for him, the backbone, to come back.

Patty Jenkins also sent a message saying that she had persuaded Charlize Theron to star in "Monster" and called him to ask for funding.

Eric waved his hand and approved $8 million for her.

In Eric's opinion, the biggest expense of "Monster" should be makeup.

For a movie adapted from a real event without any big scenes, $8 million is already a lot.

This was only because of the kindness Patty had shown to him and the contributions she had made. Otherwise, he would have been able to get it with an approval of five or six million.

Ashley and Mary complained that he had broken his promise. He had said he would come to their house for dinner that week, but he had been missing for several days, leaving little Elizabeth with nothing. The two sisters' hormones were also turbulent.

Gadot also has her hormones raging. She almost wants to run away to Beverly Hills, but fortunately her reason tells her not to do that.

Nicole expressed her support for Eric in a mature manner, saying that men should focus on their careers, no matter whether what they say is true or false, this is the attitude of a mature woman.

Liu Yifei and her daughter also arrived in Los Angeles. Eric definitely didn't have time to see them, so he just dealt with them with a few words.

Warren reported on the first weekend box office of "The Purge". This time, Eric made the decision to open the film directly in 1,720 theaters, which was much more generous than "Sharknado".

Although the premiere did not attract many viewers, the film critics and online reviews gave it a very good reputation.

The current imdb score is 6.9, which is already a high score for a commercial film that cannot be explored in depth.

The freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes reached 81%, which surprised Eric when he saw it. It was too high.

The comments from the audience below mainly focused on the confrontation between government forces and the rebels, and many people hoped that this would be the plot of the next part.

The audience's reaction just proves the success of Eric's adaptation, but the next one may be difficult to shoot.

Once it involves a confrontation between two forces, the cost will definitely soar. Now the key is to see how much box office the movie can get.

Currently, the box office of "The Purge" in its first three days of the weekend is 22.18 million US dollars, and the box office in its first seven days is 45.9 million US dollars.

This figure surpassed the 33.22 million US dollars of "The Matrix Reloaded" and successfully won the championship for a weekend.

Even though it's already the third week of The Matrix 2, it's still not easy.

Compared to the $3 million production cost and less than $1 million publicity costs of "The Purge", it has undoubtedly made a fortune.

The outstanding results once again attracted the attention of many companies.

The initial success of "Sharknado" made New Line and Lionsgate consider a merger, but later everyone in the industry knew about the relationship between AK Pictures and MGM, so naturally no one had such an idea anymore.

And Eric heard that Dimension Films was planning to set up its own bad movie company, trying to replicate MGM's path. The road to bad movies is also full of competition.

I spent a few more hours perfecting the script and marking out the parts that felt inappropriate. By the evening, the first draft of the script for "House of Cards" was finally completed.

The next step is to find a script doctor to perfect and refine it, and then it will be almost done.

After thinking about it, Eric opened his email and sent a message to Billy in the UK, asking him to seek Michael Dobbs' opinion.

“OMG!”

After doing all this, as if he had completed a big project, Eric opened his arms, stretched hard, and then fell asleep.

I was half asleep when I was woken up by the ringing of the phone. I picked it up and saw it was Mike.

"Hi! Mike!"

"Eric, do you have time to come out?"

"Sure. What's the matter?"

"Nothing, I have an interview in Los Angeles tonight. It's still early. Have you eaten?"

"No, but isn't it too conspicuous outside, especially for a big star like you? Why not come to my house?"

"Thank you, but I didn't bring any gifts. Let's visit again another day. I know a private restaurant where we can go."

"No problem, tell me the address."

"See you later."

Mike is a very shy and timid person. It is indeed inappropriate to suddenly invite him to our home. He will feel uncomfortable when there are too many people around.

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He got up and washed. He hadn't showered for a week. Smelling the odor on his body, Eric pinched his nose in disgust.

After washing off the dust and shaving, he turned into that young and handsome guy again.

"Eric, are you done with your work? Going out again?"

"I have a dinner date with a friend, so don't worry about me."

Walking to the garage, Eric suddenly discovered that his car was missing.

"He must have been driven out by this guy Joshua to pick up girls."

Shaking his head, he rubbed his still dizzy temples and decided not to drive. He was seriously lacking sleep, and if an accident happened, his rebirth would be in vain.

He hailed a taxi and got in.

"Where are you going, sir?"

"New Walter Street, Leonard's restaurant, do you know this place?"

The driver nodded. “Of course. There’s nothing I don’t know.”

"Haha. That's a private restaurant. You know it very well."

"Because I'm doing a gig in Beverly Hills, I didn't know it at first, but as more people go there, they'll know it. Do you mind if I play some music?"

"It doesn't matter, just let it go."

The driver stepped on the accelerator and the car started. At the same time, dynamic music sounded from the car speakers.

Listening to the prelude, Eric couldn't help but laugh out loud. The song playing was "Rolling in the Deep".

There's a fire starting in my heart Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark But you played it You played it You played it You played it to the beat As the song progressed, Eric hummed along. Of course, Adele and Michael's singing styles were different, but it also made Eric understand why good singers are ever-changing.

For truly top singers, style and melody are not reasons to limit them at all.

Even if it is really due to the rigid limitations of physical functions, they can still find a suitable way to sing.

What's more, the difficulty of singing "Rolling in the Deep" is not very high. Michael can easily handle it. His singing skills are first-class in the world.

After his singing, the song not only retains the feeling of Adele, but also incorporates Jackson's musical style.

It is difficult to judge which version sounds better, as they each have their own characteristics.

"How is it? It sounds good, right? This is Michael Jackson's new song, which has just been released."

Eric nodded: "It sounds really good. Are you a fan of Jackson?"

The driver laughed. “Look at my age, young man. I came from the Jackson era. Back then, he made the whole world crazy. Many of my friends and I traveled all over the country to follow his concerts.”

"Alas! But now Maikou is in a bad situation. I don't believe those rumors about pedophilia, but what can we do? We can only hope that Maikou can stand up again."

Listening to the driver's words, Eric couldn't help but sigh. A large number of Mike's fans are concentrated in the age group of 30-40 years old.

This group of people are busy and have their lives to live, so it is naturally impossible for them to pay attention to their former idols like young people do all the time.

But this group of people has another characteristic, that is, they are rich. The social capital and real voice are actually in their hands, but they just need appropriate methods to guide them.

Just look at the strikes of major labor unions. A strike by the Truckers Union can halt transportation capacity across the United States, a strike by the Teachers Union can close schools, and a strike by the Port and Terminal Union can paralyze ports on the East and West Coast, and so on.

"I am also a fan of Michael Jordan. I must buy his new song," said Eric.

"I will buy it too. This is the only way I can support Michael now."

The car arrived at Leonard's restaurant, where Michael was already waiting.

Eric ordered himself a sumptuous dinner, and Michael was a little surprised: "Eric, are you hungry?"

"A little bit. I've been busy with a script recently, which has consumed too much energy."

"I see. I remember that you are a screenwriter. Your name is on the recent film The Purge."

"You still have time to watch a movie?" Eric was a little surprised.

"People can't be tense forever, just like a guitar string will break if it's stretched for too long. We all need to relax. I'm going to watch Finding Nemo in a couple of days. I like animated movies."

Eric nodded. "Although Finding Nemo is my competitor, I still recommend you to watch it. This movie is really excellent."

"Michael, are you coming to Los Angeles to compete in the charts?"

"Almost. Actually, it's a music interview. I've been doing similar things these days. This will help the sales of the single."

Things like chart-topping are often used by newcomers and less famous singers in the music industry. Superstars like MJ usually don't need it, but the current situation is special.

“Is the CD officially released?”

"DreamWorks is ready and the release is scheduled for tomorrow."

Eric laughed and said, "That's great. Facebook will also be online tomorrow. You can promote it yourself and I will help you promote it."

"As for that guy Eminem, I'm going to teach him a lesson and he'll never be able to use Facebook or any social network owned by MGM again in his life."

Maikou frowned slightly: "Is this okay? Does it infringe on the right to freedom of speech?"

"Freedom? You can't talk nonsense about freedom of speech. What he said and did is completely corrupting the next generation. It's reasonable for me to ban him for this reason. If you are not convinced, why not sue him? What's more, with that ruffian's personality, I don't believe he will choose to sue."

"That's right. Eminem will probably write another song specifically to scold us." Michael laughed.

"By the way, what's your current ranking on the billboard?"

"The Billboard rankings are mainly based on sales. Once the sale starts tomorrow, the results will be out in a week."

(End of this chapter)