Chatty Hollywood

Of course, no matter how profitable the game industry becomes in the future, at present, Spectre Studio is still a film and television company.

Charlotte's main work is still focused on film and television.

At this time, it was already August 2001.

Although it can be regarded as avoiding the edge of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the release time of "Pearl Harbor" has been postponed to July and August.

But at this time, this war movie, which Disney’s Robert Iger had high hopes for, has also been released——

Just like Charlotte's original memory in time and space, Michael Bay, who believes that "art is explosion", still failed to make this big production successfully.

Although the 360-degree shot of the aerial bomb leaving the plane in the movie is quite creative, the overall rhythm of the movie is completely unbalanced——

The first half of the movie basically plays out the love triangle between Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale. Coupled with Michael Bay's hobby of slow-motion close-ups, it looks stinky. And long.

——Michael Bay may want to show that he is not a director who only knows how to explode through the portrayal of this love triangle.

It's a pity that the most important thing in people is self-awareness.

A bombshell is a bombshell, and "Pearl Harbor" isn't "Battlestar," and Kate Beckinsale can't sing a song.

——The fusion of these two elements, love triangle and war, is not so easy.

Anyway, the love triangle plot in the first half of the movie was criticized as "bloody" by almost all film critics, and the audience didn't buy it at all.

"We watch Michael Bay movies, and what we watch is explosions! If we want to watch a romantic movie, why don't we watch a Julia Roberts movie?"

Many movie fans have made such complaints that made Michael Bay feel cold when he was trying to transform.

Of course, in the second half of the movie, when the war scenes are staged, Michael Bay's skills are still guaranteed.

However, after all, war movies are not exclusively action movies that Michael Bay is good at. In addition to explosions and smart editing, narrative and heroic tenderness are also very important.

And in this regard,

Bombshell has never been very good at it.

"In short, the movie "Pearl Harbor" can only be said to be unsatisfactory!"

Robert Egger sighed to his confidant Philip Biermann.

"I originally expected that "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" and "Pearl Harbor" would make our summer season very dominant this year, but now it seems..."

"If you're not unlucky, you can still make some money from "Pearl Harbor"!"

Philip Biermann shrugged.

"Moreover, as the chairman of Disney Pictures, you just took office last year, and at that time, the investment agreement for "Pearl Harbor" had been signed. The failure of this movie is not your fault."

"I understand this!"

Robert Egger waved his hand.

Although Iger is not without responsibility for being able to climb to such a high position as chairman of Disney Pictures, he also has a lot of skills in scapegoating.

To be honest, he does not need to be responsible for his predecessor's decisions.

Unfortunately, many times, many people are unreasonable.

——Just like Iger’s immediate boss, Disney’s “tyrant” Michael Eisner.

Moreover, Robert Iger had previously planned to take the credit for himself if "Pearl Harbor" was a box office success...

Unfortunately, this wish was not fulfilled.

"With the strong support for "Pirates of the Caribbean" against all odds, and now that the former is a box office hit, the failure of "Pearl Harbor" will not affect my status within Disney."

Robert Egger smiled bitterly,

"It's just that the failure of this movie has interrupted my rising status within the board of directors - it seems that I have to wait for the opportunity to impact Michael's position."

"It's okay, time is on our side!"

Philip Biermann comforted his boss,

"Mr. Eisner is already very old. Moreover, in recent years, he has been too strong within the group and has offended many people. New opportunities will soon appear."

"...Let's first consider how to reduce the losses caused by Pearl Harbor!"

Robert Egger did not comment on Philip Biermann's words. He turned the topic back to the actual work,

"Pearl Harbor" is different from "Pirates of the Caribbean". We at Disney Pictures are more of an investment and are not too involved. This means that our losses will not be too great. If we can effectively stop the losses and pass on the losses, we may still be able to return the money. We can recoup our capital or even make a small profit, but the premise is that nothing else happens that affects the movie’s subsequent box office trend.”

However, the problem is that in this world, blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.

It is already August 2001, and 911 is coming...

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As a time traveler, Charlotte was naturally wary of 911.

As a person who has studied many historical mysteries in order to study magic, he knows very well that although this event seems unexpected, it is actually an inevitable result of the general development of the world.

Just like the legendary wheel of history, those who stand in the way can only be crushed.

What's more, as a person who is essentially from the other side of the Pacific, he doesn't have much in the way of obstruction.

——Even according to his prediction, the occurrence of 911 may further worsen the aura state of the world and make it more difficult to cast spells.

Moreover, in order to deal with this situation, he had been preparing for a long time.

Apart from anything else, the existence of the Lord God Space has made the speed at which he can generate power extremely high.

——Further reduction in spiritual energy will not have a fatal impact on him.

However, according to the information Charlotte had researched in the original time and space, there were too many shady stories and hidden secrets behind the 911 incident. Even if Charlotte had magic protection, she was really unwilling to get involved.

After all, he is now extremely wealthy, has a successful career, a beautiful wife, a lovely daughter, and can study spells that he is interested in. He is not willing to commit suicide.

——You know, not to mention FedEx and so on, the United States does not prohibit guns.

Even if Charlotte knows magic, she can't turn on protection every day.

If a bullet flies by the roadside due to intervention in 911, he will suffer a big loss.

Therefore, Charlotte just tried her best to ensure that the people around her could avoid this incident, and also arranged for the release of the company's movies to be staggered from September.

However, although he didn't plan to do anything, he was worried that others would take the opportunity to cause trouble——

After all, apart from the overly mysterious Lord of the Abyss, the Lord of Hell just listens to the name and knows that he likes death very much.

What's more, after Charlotte came to this world, she would vaguely feel from time to time that there were mysterious black hands lurking around many stars in Hollywood...

"I wonder how they would react to 911?"

Charlotte was secretly prepared to observe. Liaozhai Hollywood