Chapter 282 281. I’ll show you off!

“It’s pretty good, the fighting scenes are great, but I feel like the style is a little different from the first film. Do you feel that way?”

In the cinema, Eric and Theron hid in the corner watching the newly released "Jason Bourne". Matt Damon's performance was still very exciting.

As a commercial blockbuster, it is very qualified, has a strong popcorn flavor, and is above the standard.

Universal invested 75 million US dollars in this movie, and it seems that they are full of confidence. No wonder it was pushed to snipe "Frozen" because the quality is indeed very high.

But there is no chance of defeating "Frozen". Universal's plan is doomed to fail, and the sniping may become a counter-sniping.

"It's normal to have a split, because the director has changed. The director of this movie is Paul Greengrass, and the director of the first movie was Doug Liman. Of course, the styles are different."

"But from the perspective of watching it, I think this one is more powerful and more suitable for the style of commercial films. The box office will definitely be much better than the first one."

"Your feelings are always right. Will it threaten Frozen?"

Eric chuckled. "How is that possible? Even if we put two Bourne movies together, they still wouldn't be a match for Elsa and Anna."

"Even if I give you another James Bond, it's a pity that I have the big screen rights to 007."

"If it hadn't been filmed yet, and Casino Royale was competing against The Bourne Supremacy, the battle between the agents would be quite interesting, right?"

Theron looked at her man with interest: "My dear, why do I feel that you don't seem to be worried at all? Aren't you panicked by the siege of the six big men?"

"Even if we exclude the despicable means in reality, aren't you worried that "Million Dollar Baby" is so heavily suppressed by "The Polar Express" and "The Day After Tomorrow"? "

"Worry? Anxiety? Is it useful? You don't know my personality. I am the kind of person who would rather laugh than cry, and I don't like to keep troubles in my heart."

"Anyway, it's not MGM that's going to lose the money. They're going to have to pay a price for sniping me."

"Everyone is now taking a path that hurts the enemy by a thousand and hurts ourselves by eight hundred. It depends on who can hold on first. Even if MGM loses $1 billion this year, I will still follow."

"I have to thank them. After this incident, the number of Lionheart members increased by more than 10 million. They all came to watch the live broadcast and were attracted by the content."

"The member retention rate in the first month reached 86%. If this group of new members continues to maintain this figure, the number of paying members next month will be at least more than 25 million, which means I have achieved my goal six months ahead of schedule."

"I can earn more than $200 million in cash from Lionheart every month. So what if MGM loses money?"

"Don't even mention 1 billion dollars. Even if I lose 2 billion, I will fight them till the end!"

"Brother, we're in the cinema, you'd better be quiet." He got so excited that his voice got a little louder, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the guy in the front row.

Eric waved his hand in an apologetic gesture.

However, seeing her own man being criticized, Charlize Theron felt a little unhappy and immediately wanted to play a teasing on him.

She leaned over to Eric's ear and whispered, "Honey, seeing you so high-spirited makes me feel a little moisturized."

"Hmm? Now?"

"Right now, don't think I don't know that you and Nicole have messed around in movie theaters many times."

"No, did she tell you these things?"

"Humph! You bastard, you bought a house next to ours. You must have made up your mind a long time ago. That bitch was showing off when we were playing mahjong the day before yesterday."

"Uh, is it necessary to brag about this? And can you please stop calling me a bitch? We are all good sisters from now on."

"Stop talking nonsense, are you coming?"

"Humph! You want to fight! Then let's fight!"

The couple began to rub their ears together, making slight humming sounds from time to time. The sound was not loud, but just loud enough for the guy in the front row to hear.

Soon the other party couldn't bear it anymore. He turned back and glared at me, then walked out of the cinema in shame.

The next day, when the first day box office of "The Bourne Supremacy" came out, everyone at Universal didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

The box office of 23 million US dollars is quite good, and it obviously has the potential to be a hit. It also has good reputation and high audience satisfaction.

But compared to "Frozen", it is a bit worse. Obviously, it is a sniping failure like "National Treasure". They underestimated their opponents.

When the box office results for the first three days of the weekend came out, this speculation was further confirmed. "The Bourne Supremacy" won a box office of 35 million US dollars.

Under its impact, the box office of "National Treasure" was cut in half, with only about 17 million US dollars left in three days, which was almost a cliff drop.

This is the result of a large number of blockbusters crowding together, squeezing and crushing each other, harming others and not benefiting oneself.

However, "Frozen" is still very popular. When the weekend comes, many children drag their parents to the cinema to watch it for the second time. The power of tap water is really strong.

"So, this movie is actually anti-routine, from my point of view," said Ellen DeGeneres.

"You're right. After all, after decades of watching the same old format, the audience may be tired of it. The animation market needs innovation."

"Wow. I wish you were just talking about the movie and not anything else."

"Of course, I'm not talking about Disney!"

Hahahaha The audience burst into laughter immediately.

Today, Eric brought a group of people to the Ellen Show to promote the film. This is the second time he has appeared for a movie after "Transformers", which shows how much importance MGM attaches to "Frozen".

It just so happens that The Ellen DeGeneres Show is a program under CBS, and as TV stations with the Newhouse family involved, some senior executives of CBS and NBC are not averse to Eric.

The show started its first episode last year. Its popularity has continued to rise since it was broadcast, and it quickly caught up with the old talk shows.

The TV station also hoped to leverage the influence of Frozen to boost the popularity of the show, so the two sides hit it off.

"I have a few questions that the audience is very interested in. Would you mind answering them?"

"mind."

"ha?"

"Hahaha, just ask."

Allen looked at the Olsen sisters and said, "Ashley, Mary, when you were dubbing, did you feel that the lines were strange?"

"Strange? In what way?" Mary looked over.

"It's just a little bit shameful, like Blue Is the Warmest Color, you know."

The two sisters looked up at the sky at the same time: "OMG! This is the question again, of course no, this is just a normal line."

Ellen DeGeneres nodded, but the wandering look in her eyes betrayed her.

In her experience, the relationship between the Olsen sisters was a little strange, and this strangeness was reflected in the occasional unintentional glances and small movements.

Seeing Alan's expression, Eric knew what the other person was thinking.

What audience problem? It’s a bullshit audience problem. It’s just the TV station’s own gimmick and topic selection.

How could he not know if others didn’t? Ellen DeGeneres was a lesbian, and later came out publicly and got married.

Thinking of this, he took over the topic: "Alan, have you seen "American Beauty"? "

"Of course I have seen it. It's an Oscar-worthy masterpiece. I still remember several classic scenes, such as the flying petals. You remember it too, right?"

Yeah!

Many male audience members started to boo.

"Whose performance do you like best?"

Allen didn't realize why Eric was talking about the movie, and he said casually, "Kevin Spacey, his acting is so great, I remember he won the Oscar for Best Actor."

"Yes, I also like Kevin Spacey, so I asked him to shoot "House of Cards", but the character who impressed me most in this movie was Frank played by Chris Cooper."

Ellen was even more confused about what the other party was trying to say, but her intuition as a talk show host told her that she had to end the topic.

"Do you know why? Because Frank plays a gay man, but he suppresses himself all the time."

"He hates gays and portrays himself as a straight man, but in fact he is more eager to free himself than anyone else, so much so that he ends up killing people."

"Alan, he clearly reflects a phenomenon I call homophobia or closetedness, do you understand?"

Homophobia means being in the closet. This sentence hit Allen's heart like a heavy hammer.

She instantly felt that her deepest secrets had been seen through. This feeling was very bad and gave her a strong sense of crisis.

As a stand-up comedian, Allen instinctively wanted to fight back.

Eric continued, “I want to tell everyone that the theme of Frozen is actually about releasing your true self and accepting your true self.”

"We are describing family love, but when the film is presented to the public, it may be interpreted in countless ways."

"This is the audience's freedom and power. I always welcome everyone to exercise this power and respect any interpretation of the audience."

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The Olsen sisters led the applause, and the audience also clapped in admiration.

The rhetoric was quite beautiful and almost flawless. Eric Cooper's eloquence always convinced people.

However, Allen, who had been outwitted, obviously wanted to get back at the show. This was his own show, so how could he let others take over?

She smiled and said, "Eric, I agree with your point of view, and I love the song "Let it go" very much. I have listened to it no less than a hundred times."

“Not only am I listening to it, my family is listening to it, and you can hear it everywhere you go.”

"And I noticed that this song was written by you. Now people in the music industry say that you are a genius. Do you know this?"

"It was Celine Dion who spread the news. She wanted to pay less copyright fees. I know that."

Eric shrugged his shoulders, and his humorous answer immediately drew laughter from the audience.

"Haha. As far as I know, this has almost become a consensus. You helped Michael Jackson win a Grammy, and it looks like you'll help Celine Dion win another one."

"How about a piece? Let everyone feel the charm of musical genius. Do you want to listen?"

Yeah! The audience immediately started to make a noise to watch the fun.

Alan pointed at the excited audience and made an inviting gesture to Eric, clearly forcing him to speak.

It was no secret that Eric couldn't read music, and many people in the circle had heard of this rumor.

Naturally, Allen seized on this point to attack. It couldn't really be called an attack, after all, this was a talk show.

Although general talk shows don’t involve all kinds of things like parents, shit, and piss as in the Tucao Conference, it’s still normal to make jokes and have some fun.

The big golden retriever back then, who was about to become president, also had his hair messed up for fun when he went on a talk show.

It may be a campaign strategy to build closer ties, but that's the style, no harm done.

However, if you do something stupid, it might become a dark history, like Tom Cruise's sofa jumping scene, which will still be dug up and laughed at even after 20 years.

Seeing the audience booing, Ashley and Mary pulled Eric's clothes, signaling him not to be fooled.

But this is America. People are taught from a young age to be confident and to dare to do it even if they can't do it, otherwise it would be shameful.

Eric's mind raced, and after a moment he left the couch and stood up.

Seeing this, Alan was shocked.

She didn't expect Eric to really accept the challenge. She thought he would refuse, and then she would give him a way out so that she could get back on track and move on to the next level.

Seeing that the audience was already getting emotional, she could only try to make amends: "Eric, what do you need?"

But Eric doesn't know accompaniment or sheet music. If you ask him what he needs, he doesn't know what he needs! "Just follow my rhythm."

"Ah?" The Olsen sisters looked at each other, confused.

"OK, you guys want to hear me sing, so I'll sing a cappella. This is a very relaxing piece of music, just enjoy it, this is also my attitude towards music."

As he said this, he took a few steps forward, picked up the microphone and put it to his mouth.

Just when everyone wanted to see what he would sing, what came out was a whistle.

wu~~~wu~~~ wu~~~wu ~~~ wu~~~wu~~~ wu~~~wu~~~ The clear and melodious whistle resounded throughout the venue and instantly reached the ears of every audience member, making them stunned.

So you said it was a cappella, but it turns out you were just accompanying yourself.

But why is it that the whistle doesn't sound rogue at all, and instead sounds quite nice?

That’s right, Eric sang the whistle song “Whistle”. Singing it is the best choice when you have no accompaniment.

Can you blow my whistle baby whistle baby

Let me know Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it

And we start real slow You just put your lips together

And you come real close

Can you blow my whistle baby whistle baby

Here we go!

Black Dog! The simple lyrics and catchy melody immediately caught the attention of many people.

After singing a few lines, Eric also found the feeling of the past. At that time, he was playing with the girls outside in the room, and he whistled this part to flirt with them.

Now! This is called applying what you have learned.

However, he usually only sings here, and then enters the stage of fierce artillery battle.

Plus, he wasn't interested in rap, so he didn't have much impression of the latter part.

But it doesn’t matter. The reason why the song “Whistle” became a hit is because of this short prelude. He can just shout whatever he wants during the rap part.

So Eric moved and swayed on the stage, speaking the lyrics in a disorganized and forced rhyme.

If you really can't suppress it, just use onomatopeia such as "um", "ah", "hum" etc to get by.

Unexpectedly, the effect was quite good, because it seemed more realistic, and the audience realized that it was not a designed plot, but just something Eric said casually.

Soon, the whole scene began to sway gently with him, like a boat on the lake.

Can you blow my whistle baby whistle baby Let me know Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it And we start real slow You just put your lips together And you come real close Can you blow my whistle baby whistle baby Black dog! When Eric sang back to the whistle prelude again, he became more relaxed and whistled while swinging his hands into trumpet shapes.

wu~~~wu~~~ wu~~~wu~~~ The audience was completely infected and started to twist and wander around with her, some even pouting their lips.

After Eric sang a bunch of rap lyrics that he couldn't understand, the audience realized that it was time for the relaxing and comfortable whistle again.

At this point, the emotions were already quite aroused. Eric hooked his finger at Ashley and Mary, and they immediately stood up in coordination and whistled together.

Looking at the audience again, after the words "Here we go", the entire studio was plunged into a cheerful sea of ​​whistles.

wu~~~wu~~~ wu~~~wu~~~ wu~~~wu~~~ wu~~~wu~~~ (End of this chapter)